(30-12-2014, 02:57 PM)Nev14 Wrote: As Marshall I have to say that when called upon to use the black flag it is  a lot easier to pick up a bike when you have some idea where in the field the bike might be coming.Under the new system unless you have logged all the changes in your programme you are never sure when they are due to arrive at your pull in point. I know ideally you should get a call from the previous two or three marshal points but experience shows this by no means always happens.When approaching you at up to 180mph you have little time to spot the rider.Black flagging is an important safety issue, ask Guy Martin when he was black flagged at Ramsey.

To answer your black flag point which Splashdown promotes as a valid one and I agree it is ,  but as we only have so many black flag points we do greatly rely on the tetra to inform us as to the riders position , and at your station at Sulby Bridge by the time you confirm that the rider approaching is who you think it is as we must be sure we cant go showing it to the wrong rider , its too late for he may not have stayed in the order even of the old system and with the numbers being as they are hard to see some times you very much rely on the radio , so for all it is a concern it is not a reason for overriding other more important issues, 

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