...what the heck is going on here. I think I agree with most of Ronnieo's last post.
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Agreed that forums may not be where changes are made, but they can certainly be where changes are born and nurtured?

Maybe I'd be better off to make a plea to those out there who feel the need to add more written rules to the safety code;

"Stop it".

I personally like pilot barriers and protective fencing. It's one of the first things we put up at the club I helped build a few years back, long before it was dictated. It worked for us, but what about the club down the road that flys off the grounds of a quiet regional airport with full blessing of the airport manager.............but they are not allowed to put up fencing? Scratch one club, add a few more "rogue" flyers to a growing list.

Jim writes:

If you continue to put more restrictive rules you in place, you will only be penalizing the safe flyers (and push some into rebellion).

I think a good analogy would be with security. "Locks only deter honest people". to paraphrase "rules only regulate safe people". It's the unsafe that are the real issue, and these can only be addressed through education ... and then not all will respond.

Couldn't of put that any better.

Most club safety problems are "individual" and need to be addressed that way..........not by imposing more national rules.