Comments on: Legal Responsibilities of a Group Ride Leader http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/legal-responsibilities-of-a-group-ride-leader/ an on-line magazine for the UK GoldWing Community Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jed http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/legal-responsibilities-of-a-group-ride-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Jed Sat, 08 May 2010 08:29:05 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=3868#comment-974 As a tour leader first off you should be setting an example to your group members and working within the traffic laws. With a number of bikes in tow it's more than likely that the riders will play lemming, having put their trust in you. If you or your group members get busted then don't be surprised if the full weight of those laws fall upon you! It's the law (pun intended) of averages that if a tour leader is going to speed and ride outside the prescribed limits then the rest of his group will do the same. So why should I sound off about this? Well having organised runs, tours, etc as a tour leader over the past 25+ years and never been prosecuted, it all comes down to preparation and informing the riders of your group about their responsibilities in joining an organised run. I use a disclaimer for all riders who join an organised run with me If you have further issues about this then I would be happy to respond. See here:- http://www.saptour.com/tour_information.htm Cheers Jed As a tour leader first off you should be setting an example to your group members and working within the traffic laws. With a number of bikes in tow it’s more than likely that the riders will play lemming, having put their trust in you. If you or your group members get busted then don’t be surprised if the full weight of those laws fall upon you! It’s the law (pun intended) of averages that if a tour leader is going to speed and ride outside the prescribed limits then the rest of his group will do the same.

So why should I sound off about this? Well having organised runs, tours, etc as a tour leader over the past 25+ years and never been prosecuted, it all comes down to preparation and informing the riders of your group about their responsibilities in joining an organised run. I use a disclaimer for all riders who join an organised run with me

If you have further issues about this then I would be happy to respond. See here:-
http://www.saptour.com/tour_information.htm

Cheers Jed

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