[RogerM]

When I have to marshal a car I try to think through the following order;

1) is it safe, especially near jumps
2) how far away is the next car ... don't want to compromise somebody's run who hasn't made a mistake
3) what order where the cars in when they crashed, restoring pre crash race order is only fair
4) did one of the crashed cars make a deliberate move to take out another, if so the order of marshalling favours the innocent party
5) are any of the cars spinning their wheels ... they don't get touched till they stop spinning and if they start again when I'm holding the car they get dropped till they stop again ... safety first. I think its more acceptable to spin the wheels to attract the marshal's attention than to scream "MAAARRRRSSSHHHHHAAAAAALLLLLLLL!" but once they are approaching your car stick the brakes on please.

All the time I try to keep points 1) & 2) in mind.

Another thing that annoys me, and I try to avoid as a marshal too, is when a marshal gets in the direct line of sight of an apex or tricky feature .... if you can't get back to your point without risking upsetting somebody's run then try to get out of line of sight (duck etc) in a safe place till the track is clear again.

I think it's fair to say that marshalling and driving standards seem to have improved dramatically with the drivers who have refs at their regionals ... and dropped equally dramatically with those that don't!
Some of the marshalling I see at events outside the west mids always makes me think ... "Stuart W' would hang them for less!"

All that said, we are all only human and thus make mistakes ... I certainly can't say I have never effected a race result with a poor marshalling decission.