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* While addressing the driver, maintain your situational awareness. | * While addressing the driver, maintain your situational awareness. | ||
* Have a script ready for initiating conversation (e.g. '''''"Hello! I'm sorry, but this road is closed. Can I help you find an alternate route?"''')'' | * Have a script ready for initiating conversation (e.g. '''''"Hello! I'm sorry, but this road is closed. Can I help you find an alternate route?"''')'' | ||
* Drivers getting frustrated and argumentative is not uncommon. If a driver says they should be able to drive through because there is not apparent traffic, explain that pedestrians and service vehicles are not expecting traffic on the route and they could easily end up in a collision. | * Drivers getting frustrated and argumentative is not uncommon. If a driver says they should be able to drive through because there is not apparent traffic, explain that pedestrians and service vehicles are not expecting traffic on the route and they could easily end up in a collision. If they need to vent, let them; that will often de-escalate a situation. | ||
* At all times possible, try not to simply tell the driver they're in the wrong place and need to turn around...that could spark a confrontation. Instead, talk with the driver about where they need to go and help them with directions to get there. Your Operations Plan will come with a QR code that the driver can scan and will bring up a map on a smartphone of the parade routes. | * At all times possible, try not to simply tell the driver they're in the wrong place and need to turn around...that could spark a confrontation. Instead, talk with the driver about where they need to go and help them with directions to get there. Your Operations Plan will come with a QR code that the driver can scan and will bring up a map on a smartphone of the parade routes. | ||
* You do not need to note and report details on the vehicle, or take photos, unless they go through the barricade. | * You do not need to note and report details on the vehicle, or take photos, unless they go through the barricade. | ||
* If a driver threatens you or you feel threatened, your job is done. End engagement, stand back and contact the Volunteer Coordination Center for support. | * If a driver threatens you or you feel threatened, your job is done. End engagement, stand back and contact the Volunteer Coordination Center for support. | ||
* '''Your volunteer responsibilities also do not include accepting and absorbing verbal abuse.''' If someone is being verbally abusive, discreetly call it in even if you don't feel threatened. | |||
* As they leave your post, stand well away from the moving vehicle and stay aware of how/where it's moving until it has left your post. | * As they leave your post, stand well away from the moving vehicle and stay aware of how/where it's moving until it has left your post. | ||
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