Proposal 15: How to deal with hindrance/interference [ Revision 2 ]
Committee: Track and FieldSubmitted on 2016-12-08
Status: Passed on January 10, 2017
Background
This is to give some guidelines to Referees as to what constitutes hindrance or interference.
Secondly, as was discussed, an option is added that not only the hindered rider, but also other riders from the same heat can drop their previous result and redo their heat. I think this is especially important if awards are at stake (but this notion is not included in the proposed rule).
Proposal
OLD RULE:
2B.6.14 Second Attempt After Interference
If a rider is hindered due to the actions of another rider, or outside interference, either during the start or during the race, he may request to make a second attempt. The Referee decides if the request is granted. In non-lane races, if a rider is forced to dismount due to a fall by the rider immediately in front, it is considered part of the race—not a reason to grant a second attempt—and both riders may remount and continue. The Referee can override this rule if intentional interference is observed.
If the request is granted, it may occur that the rider has to ride his second attempt with another age group. If all heats are finished, the rider decides if he wants company or not. He can pick the riders, but cannot hold up the proceedings to wait for them, if other riders are available. The resulting time of the accompanying riders is not official. The Referee has the final say as to which extra riders are allowed to participate in such heats.
A second attempt must not be granted in the case where a rider is disqualified based on something that happened before he was hindered.
If the rider is allowed to do a second attempt and decides to do so, the first run is canceled and only the second run counts regardless of the result. In the case where a second attempt was incorrectly granted, for example when the rider was disqualified based on something that happened before he was hindered, the result of the second attempt does not count and the result from the first run stands.
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PROPOSED RULE:
2B.6.14 Second Attempt After Hindrance or Interference
If a rider is hindered due to the actions of another rider, or outside interference, either during the start or during the race, he may request to make a second attempt. The Referee decides if the request is granted. A second attempt must not be granted to a rider who is disqualified based on something that happened before he was hindered.
No complete definition of hindrance or interference can be given, but it does include cases where a rider swerves, hesitates and/or decelerates because this is arguably necessary in order to avoid a crash or potential crash.
If the request is granted, the Referee may decide to offer the other riders from the heat in which the hindrance or interference occurred, the opportunity to re-run that heat along with the rider that needs the re-run. Those who do, have the option before the re-run of discarding their existing result, or keeping it. However, any riders from the heat in which the hindrance occurred who were disqualified in that heat, cannot get a new result, unless their disqualification was because of their 'legitimate' reaction to a hindrance (e.g. they fell, or swerved outside their lane).
If the Referee decides not to re-run the heat, it may occur that the rider has to ride his second attempt with another age group. If all heats are finished, the rider decides if he wants company or not. He can pick the riders, but cannot hold up the proceedings to wait for them if other riders are available. In these cases, the resulting time of the accompanying riders is not official. The Referee has the final say as to which extra riders are allowed to participate in such heats.
In all cases, if the hindered rider is allowed to do a second attempt and decides to do so, the first run is canceled and only the second run counts regardless of the result. In the case where a second attempt was incorrectly granted, for example when the rider was disqualified based on something that happened before the hindrance in question occurred, the result of the second attempt for that rider does not count and the result from the first run stands.
In non-lane races, if a rider is forced to dismount due to a fall by the rider immediately in front, it is considered part of the race—not a reason to grant a second attempt—and all riders involved may remount and continue. The Referee can override this rule if intentional interference is observed.
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I have indicated the changes in red font, not sure if this is preserved when submitting.
In the revision, this may not be complete anymore.
References
Discussion
View DiscussionChange Log:
- Revision 2 changed by Klaas Bil (21 Dec 08:05)
I've changed it so that riders who are disqualified in a heat after a hindrance occurred, but unrelated to it, cannot get a new result, regardless of when during the heat their DQ happened. So their DQ is final. They can still ride in the re-run heat to make it a more complete re-run (this is implicit in the proposed text), but their result doesn't count.
For logical reasons, I have moved one sentence from halfway the proposed text to the first paragraph.
I have split one paragraph into two, for clarity.
- Revision 1 changed by Klaas Bil (08 Dec 03:56)
Votes on this proposal:
9 out of 14 voting members have voted.
Agree: 6, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 3.