Advice for Novice SAG Drivers?

"John Everett" wrote in message
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In addition to the fairly complete list from Chris Neary, I'd add one
suggestion; drive the route backwards. This way you get to pass many
more riders and are much more visible to them. Of course it helps to
have a "SAG" sign visible on your vehicle.

Having driven SAG on our club's invitational for ten years I also feel
that passing the riders head-on from the other side of the road is
less intimidating than coming up behind them when they have no idea if
you're a SAG or a hostile local, especially on the narrow country
roads our invitational typically uses.

A side benefit, being more visible and passing more riders makes the
riders feel the ride is more thoroughly supported by the SAG service.


I second the motion of coming from the opposite direction.

I've never driven SAG, but on organized rides I've found myself irritated by
SAG drivers coming from behind driving slowly until I realized they were
SAGs.

I really liked seeing the same SAG driver over and over coming from the head
on direction. One particular guy who always had some kind of cool and funny
arm gestures made me feel good everytime I saw him.