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Re: Safety Issue: Robots Moving in Pits

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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence View Post
This entire argument is based on one's arbitrary definition of safety. If I see something as safe, then none of this applies to me. Likewise if I see something as unsafe, it all applies. The people arguing for stricter safety rules see every potential danger as unsafe, and that's their definition of the word, that's perfectly alright. The people who say such a change isn't needed see the same small potential dangers as acceptable, yet unlikely risks, and therefore view the whole thing as safe - that's their definition of the word, and likewise, that is perfectly alright.

There are clear safety hazards (such as launching frisbees into the air in the pits) that everyone can agree on as being unsafe. Anything we all agree on also happens to already be a rule (funny how that happens). The gray areas of ambiguity vary from team to team, and as such, I would suggest actions taken on these issues should be based on each individual team. As the age old saying goes, "You run your team, and I'll run mine, and we'll all be okay as long as nobody is hurting the other".[/QUOTE]

Yes, but when you run your robot in the pit, lose control and hit a team member from ANOTHER team then all teams become concerned about how you run your team.

I guess I would just ask everyone to really, really think if there is another way you could test your robot without engaging the wheels (lift them off the ground or disconnect them).

This thread has shown that I am in the minority on the opinion that this is serious risk to teams. I hope there are no future incidents that prove me right.
it shouldn't matter how someone runs there team, if someone is all about winning that's fine with me, its only an issue when the parents and faculty disagree with how it being run
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