Mark Sirota wrote:
> --On Thursday, September 25, 2003 4:37 PM -0400 tyson@irobot.com wrote:
>
>> Now that I have a car with a working reverse, I do use it frequently (and
>> that is part of my motivation for putting the mirrors back on the car).
>> But if it wasn't working and wasn't required I don't think I'd put much
>> effort into getting it working.
>
>
> Even after you'd read the rulebook?
Please note the "...and wasn't required..." part of that statement.
I care very much about being legal. I even cut an inch off of Chuck's
beautiful stainless hightec exhaust after reading the rule book. ;-)
Also, it takes a lot of time and effort to read the rule book and learn
all the places that the car you just bought might not be legal. Its not
so hard to consider a change and consult the rule book to see if it is
legal. Proving (even to yourself) that an existing car with an unknown
history is legal is very difficult for someone who isn't familair with
the full GCR.
> Ignorance of the rules isn't much of
> an excuse, IMHO. And then if you don't put much effort in after reading
> the rules, then you have CHOSEN to ignore the rule, which is a much larger
> offense (IMHO).
>
> For competition purposes in Solo 2, I agree that it makes little
> difference. It's not like in road racing where if you spin and wind up
> blocking the track with a wall in front of you, you might want to back up
> in a hurry. But rules are rules.
>
> Mark
>
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Tyson D Sawyer iRobot Corporation
Senior Systems Engineer Military Systems Division
tsawyer@irobot.com Robots for the Real World
603-654-3400 ext 206 http://www.irobot.com
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