[Autox] Cones & timers.

[Rocky Entriken]

Exactly. As I answered someone else:

Unless you're actively watching the cone you may never see the transition --  
but someone else who does gets all excited about it. And then you've got the 
argument.
We've also seen a driver hit two of a line of cones (e.g. slalom cones or a 
cone row) and cone #1 ends up upright in box #2. It's rare, enough so that 
it is funny when it happens, but it removes all argument to just score 
what's left in the box with no concern over how it got there.

--Rocky


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Sirota" <mark at sirota.org>
To: <jthor11 at aol.com>
Cc: <autox at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Autox] Cones & timers.


> ----- jthor11 at aol.com wrote:
>> I didn't know Salina did that.  I'd have called it in as a penalty
>> as the cone that was there... isn't any longer.
>
> As I recall, there was an official ruling on this at some point,
> but I can't remember in what venue.
>
> The decision was that if (the base of) any cone was still touching
> the box, no penalty.  That's the only enforceable ruling; we don't
> number the cones to match the boxes, so you can't be sure whether
> the cone that's there was the one that used to be there.
>
> Besides, don't you think someone who manages to swap cones deserves
> a little bonus?
>
> Mark