Operational safety at reenactments

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This is more of a 'heads up' than a cardinal rule but safety of passengers/riders does not only apply to armoured vehicles. I had a passenger damage her shins when thrown out of the troop seat of a military cargo truck and on to a set of vehicle loading ramps on the floor. The truck had lurched from side to side when crossing a gutter at an angle. Ever since then I advise passengers riding on troop seats to half turn to the front and grasp the seat back if there is any likelihood of rough conditions. I was also made aware that cargo and passengers may not mix.

Another issue is that of attitude. We can only work on the assumption that all owners/drivers/participants are willing to listen, learn and accept advice but this is not always the case. When carefully approaching a fellow I believed to be driving his truck too fast through a camping ground I was promptly told to mind my own business. These are the kind of people that bring on regulation and enforcement. Fortunately they are few and far between in this movement (it seems to be mostly populated with older guys) so hopefully a set of suggestions may be enough.

David