[pfreivald]

As Al says, safety is only one of the reasons behind it--but to be honest, it would be unreasonable of the FRC community to expect the GDC to explain the reasoning behind every rule they make. (Especially but not limited to the fact that people will then use that reasoning as a starting point for an argument.)

What matters here is that there is an unambiguous and clear rule that teams need to follow, and that attempts to end-around that (or any other) rule is unacceptable.