[Josh Hambright]

Its a matter of safety. Any robot that is deemed to be operating in an unsafe manner or endangers the safety of anyone, can and should be disabled.

The breaking the plane rule that most people are talking about is for the lexan that is infront of the drivers, if you go over that wall, or you swing a tetra out over that wall, it is grounds for disablement due to the fact that it is putting the drivers in danger.

The issue of being pushed over the wall was dealt with at midwest regional, by disabling both robot involved, this was the decision of the head referee, and the justification being that both robots were causing a safety violation.

Going beyond the field beariers in an area where no one is present, ie over the goal on the auto loader side of the field is not grounds for disablement. Unless it breaks the first rule in the rule book, which is safety first.