[Joe G.]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

To be honest, I don't think teams should be allowed to practice until they either pass inspection or the LRI says they can (special cases late in the day, minor changes that aren't critical but may take time). Every year we talk about potentially dangerous robots on the practice field and with no official rules about "safety inspections" there isn't much that can be done. I don't remember the last time we went the practice field with out being inspected but I know it's not very often.

I would agree with this. I've always been somewhat baffled by how FIRST chooses what elements of the inspection process truly get emphasized with things like this, as well as elimination re-inspections. Robots make it out there with potentially dangerous electrical or pneumatic flaws, but god forbid your bumpers sag too low...