One of the reasons I no longer belong to a club that I have previously belonged it is because although they preached safety and had plane restraints at their field, many of the officers of the club did not follow their own rules. I saw many times where someone would start the plane, unrestrained, and pointed towards the pits. Even when I would bring it to their attention (according to their rules if anyone saw violations there were supposed to mention it) it would be ignored since the person "knows what they are doing".

Great post Campgems. Hopefully some newbies as well as old timers will heed this.