Several things are needed :
-more campaigning on safety with a particular insistance on peer pressure. Don't just say "don't run along the riders nor put flags in their faces", say "please tell your fellow spectators not to do it to".
-have the caravan say this with loud speakers insisting on "strictly prohibited, etc..." + have a recorded loud speaker on board the opening car + some motorbikes saying the same thing.
-have just one or two police officers on motorbikes behind the bunch who are linked with a policeman in the main television studio so that they fine the most egregious and identifiable culprits. Sure you can't fine everyone standing on the road and taking pictures, but a guy dressed in a banana suit with an Euskadi flag running 40 meters along the riders... This guy you can nail. Nail him hard and film it.
But to me the key is peer pressure. Police or organisers will never be able to barrier up all the roads or police it all, but they can convince spectators that this behaviour is very dangerous for all. When your fellow spectators grab you to make you stop running or insult you for being a moron, after a while it gets tiring.
-more campaigning on safety with a particular insistance on peer pressure. Don't just say "don't run along the riders nor put flags in their faces", say "please tell your fellow spectators not to do it to".
-have the caravan say this with loud speakers insisting on "strictly prohibited, etc..." + have a recorded loud speaker on board the opening car + some motorbikes saying the same thing.
-have just one or two police officers on motorbikes behind the bunch who are linked with a policeman in the main television studio so that they fine the most egregious and identifiable culprits. Sure you can't fine everyone standing on the road and taking pictures, but a guy dressed in a banana suit with an Euskadi flag running 40 meters along the riders... This guy you can nail. Nail him hard and film it.
But to me the key is peer pressure. Police or organisers will never be able to barrier up all the roads or police it all, but they can convince spectators that this behaviour is very dangerous for all. When your fellow spectators grab you to make you stop running or insult you for being a moron, after a while it gets tiring.