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RULES OF THE ROAD:
Article 1;
Riders shall check gas, oil, tires and chains before arriving on a club ride.
Article 2;
The road captain will ride in front on all formations and the assistant road captain will ride as rearguard.
Article 3;
The assistant road captain or the appointed rearguard will assist any rider who drops out of formation for mechanical problems or other similar reasons.
Article 4;
At no time will any club member or guest of the club be abandoned on the highway due to unforeseen mechanical trouble or accident. The road captain or assistant road captain or appointed rearguard shall stop or return the entire formation to the scene of the handicapped rider when necessary.
Article 5;
The road captain shall have the authority to call a ride off due to an accident or unforeseen circumstances at any point along the ride.
Article 6;
In the event the road captain drops out of formation, the second rider in formation will immediately take over.
Article 7;
If an undue delay occurs before the road captain returns to the formation, the assistant road captain shall proceed to the head of the column into the road captain position. The last rider will then take over the rear guard position.
Article 8;
Speed shall not be above the legal or safe limit. The road captain will when necessary decrease the speed as the road conditions warrant.
Article 9;
In the event of an accident or emergency any rider who believes the road captain has not observed such emergency, may break out of column when safe to do so, proceed ahead of the road captain and stop the formation by using the proper hand signal.
Article 10;
Upon returning to the formation after having dropped out, a rider will take up a position at the rear of the column. Do not under any circumstances run down a column from the rear and try to crowd into the position you held previously.
Article 11;
Club formation will be staggered at all times unless the road captain calls by hand signal for a single file. Each rider will maintain an interval of at least 2 seconds from the machine directly in front of him.
Article 12;
All signals will be executed with the left arm or turn signal. The signal for a single file will be left hand extended overhead.
Article 13;
Immediately upon stopping for breaks/gas or arrival at destination, the time and place for departure will be discussed and announced. Any member wishing to deviate from the scheduled time and place of departure is required to notify the road captain in person to prevent departure confusion.
Article 14;
Individuals who will be dropping from the column at a specific point are required to notify the road captain and rear guard before the ride begins. These riders shall take up the position just forward of the rear guard in the column, as to not cause confusion among other riders once leaving column.
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