Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven View Post
They may have crashed, have slight concussion and only appear to be having a break. I learned this a month or so back during a race. I came to the first corner and there was this guy leaning on the fence with his bike beside him, looking like he'd had enough or maybe his tyre had blown and was waiting for the sag wagon. So I called out to him "You right?" and his reply didn't sound right so I dropped off the back of my grade and went back to him. Turns out Fred had slid on the corner, and although someone in his grade had phoned the starters to come get him, I noticed his helmet was all smashed down one side. His grade hadn't noticed that and as I waited with him he became more and more disoriented and was taken to hospital for concussion.
+1 I generally ask people who are stopped if they need anything unless they are very obviously doing something like eating, talking on a phone etc. Once I saw a guy stopped a little ways off the trail sitting next to his bike. Something just didn't seem right even though he looked to just be sitting taking a break. Turns out he had just had a crash and was pretty sure he'd broken his wrist and was in quite a bit of pain. He'd already called for a ride so there wasn't anything I could really do for him - I offered to go see if I could get some ice, but he didn't want it. Still if I were in that situation I'd be glad someone noticed and took the time to stop.