Proposal 55: Clear up definitions around start beeps [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: Track and FieldSubmitted on 2017-01-03
Status: Passed on January 21, 2017
Background
This proposal does two things:
(1) define that the correct moment to start is the beginning of the last beep
(2) change that the last beep should be slightly higher that the other beeps. There is no reason to prescribe that it is only slightly higher - on the contrary: the riders should easily distinguish the last beep by its higher tone.
Proposal
Old rule is one paragraph under 2B.6.7:
As an alternative a start-beep apparatus can be used. In that case we have a six-count start. Example: “beep - beep -beep - beep - beep - buup!” The timing between beeps is one second. The first 5 beeps have all the same frequency. The final tone (buup) has a slightly higher frequency, so that the racer can easily distinguish this tone from the rest.
New rule, replace by this paragraph:
As an alternative a start-beep apparatus can be used. In that case we have a six-count start. Example: “beep - beep -beep - beep - beep - buup!” The timing between beeps is one second. The first 5 beeps have all the same frequency. The final tone (buup) has a higher frequency, so that the racer can easily distinguish this tone from the rest. The proper moment to start is the beginning of the final tone.
Body
I put everything under Background; see also the discussion.
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Discussion
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Votes on this proposal:
10 out of 14 voting members have voted.
Agree: 10, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.