Originally Posted by
Radish_legs
I may have mentioned this before. Was in a 40+ 1/2/3/4 crit last year, and a guy faked a crash to get a free lap. Created a bit of a stir when I noticed it and posted video. Rider was called out by official in the race the next day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phch...ature=youtu.be
The fake crash epidemic has gotten fairly large. Doing NRS I get asked by the officials a lot to validate something was wrong.
"He had a flat? You give him a neutral wheel? OK get his wheel and put air in it. I'll check it when the race ends. It better have gone down substantially. He was looking gassed in the laps leading up to this and was starting to gap anyway. *Moto did you see the flat happen?*"
"Is this a real problem that would happen from a wreck and not just from doing it by hand or poor maintenance?"