Tour DoonHame - Event Safety
The Tour DoonHame organisers  consider the safety of event participants, road users and spectators to be paramount.
Please help us to keep everyone safe by heeding the advice given on this page.
Safety Advice for Drivers
Safety Advice for Spectators
Tour DoonHame participants will be briefed separately on safety matters. This page is for the information of the general public.
Drivers
The cyclists and their support vehicles will be preceded by vehicles with amber warning lights and warning notices displaying "CAUTION - CYCLE RACE ". Event Safety marshals on motorcycles signed 'CAUTION - CYCLE EVENT'. When you see one of these vehicles approaching please slow down and be prepared to stop for a few minutes until the race has passed.
The race will be escorted by roads policing cars and motorcycles from Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary and Strathclyde Police working in association with our event safety motorcycle marshals. Police officers and traffic wardens will also be at key road junctions on the route - please follow their signals and instructions.
The race route covers roads in Dumfries & Galloway, South Ayrshire and Scottish Borders. All roads used will be the subject of a Temporary Traffic Management Order that enables the police to escort the race under a temporary 'rolling road closure'. The closure takes effect from when the leading roads policing escort vehicle passes until the last race support vehicle behind the race passes.
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The roads policing officers escorting the race will direct oncoming traffic to slow down and stop, keeping well in to the left of the road. Whenever possible, drivers will be directed to pull off the main carriageway and wait, e.g. in a lay-by, side road etc. Use hazard warning lights when appropriate.
Please heed any advice offered by our event safety motorcycle marshals. They have your safety and that of the competitors in mind.
The cyclists may be in one large group or may have split into two or more groups. Therefore, you may be given instructions/advice by roads policing officers or event safety marshals more than once.
Please wait until each group of cyclists and race support vehicles has passed. When the main group of cyclists and support vehicles have passed please proceed with care as you may encounter groups of back markers on the road. |
If you are driving behind the race, please exercise patience and do not attempt to overtake as this would put you in breach of the temporary road closure order referred to above. Please follow the instructions of any roads police officers present.
Thank you for taking the time to visit this page. If you do encounter the race we hope you will enjoy the spectacle of one of the UK's major cycling events. Please accept our apologies for any delay to your journey.
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Pictured above right: An example of the event signage that will be displayed at appropriate locations on the race route |
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Spectators
The route for the Tour DoonHame road race has been risk assessed by the organisers and appropriate risk management measures have been developed. Cycle road racing has a good safety record. Please help us maintain that record by following the guidelines below.
Drivers:
• Please arrive at your vantage point early enough to find suitable parking.
• Park legally and considerately, off the race route if possible, e.g. lay-by or side road.
• Comply with all temporary parking restrictions, e.g. No Waiting cones, both on the route and at the stage start/finish areas.
• Off-route parking is available within easy reach of the stage start/finish areas.
• Please park considerately – do not block access to homes, business premises etc.
Pet Owners:
• Please keep pets under your direct control while the race passes. Racing cyclists can attain 40 mph on the flat - faster downhill.
Parents:
• Please keep young children under your direct control.
• Set the brake on prams and buggies and park them well away from the roadside.
Pedestrians:
• Do not stand on the road as the race approaches – competitors may use the full width of the road. Always stand on the footpath or verge.
• Please stand behind any safety barriers, tapes or ropes present.
• Please follow all safety advice given by police officers and/or event marshals.
• The motorcycle Event Safety Marshals escorting the race may offer safety advice to pedestrians and other road users. Please comply with their instructions. The purpose of these volunteer marshals is to ensure the safety of race participants and the public alike.
Photographers:
• Never stand in the road to photograph the race. There are many vantage points on the route which, with a little forward planning, offer safe opportunities to get great shots.
• Keep your camera out of the riders' path.
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