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Originally Posted by pathew100
I was a volunteer (robot inspector) and I agree completely. FIRST really needs to have a comprehensive safety plan for the event, and someone whose job it is to ensure that plan is implemented (right now it seems this is on the shoulders of the volunteer coordinators who have other jobs to do)
The amount of students RUNNING through the pits was staggering.
Also, pushing the robot carts too fast shouting "ROBOT!" as if that's going to move the crowd.
Sandals/Flip Flops were more an issue with visitors/parents but if rules are rules, then they need a way to enforce this in the pits.
Simply having a handful of volunteers at the entrances handing out safety glasses and trying to stop the improper shoes is not an effective safety plan.
Also, many of the worst offenders of 'bad' safety weren't the teams but the Black Eyed Peas crew, the FIRST production company, building facilities, Suppliers, etc... They simply weren't informed of the rules of the pit or ignored them.
How many people saw the motorized carts driving through the pits without beeping their horns? I personally had forklift cut right in front of me across the hallway from America's Center to the Dome. He never beeped the horn, just cut across the pedestrian path... This was by far the worst event I've been to from a safety perspective.
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Agreed, agreed, AGREED!
We had an issue this weekend where our team was late for a match due to a robot issue I had to grab a tetrix battery and didn't get out of our row before a large group from a team came to the pit next to us to give an award that shut down the row for a few minutes.
I wish that FIRST would come up with a role of 1-3 individuals for each field/regional that would roam the pits occasionally to check that everyones stuff is in their pits and break up the "lets have the entire team stand outside our pit" parties.
The pits are becoming more an more unsafe! The teams testing their robots in the rows really, really set me off but it wasn't impressed at all with many safety people this weekend with what I saw them walk by.