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Unread 04-04-2005, 00:23
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Re: Driver & Human Safety

This is all so true. When you are driving behind a lexan wall you have very little depth perception and its very had to cap on the opposite side of the field. It causes drivers to sometimes to too far and go over the wall of the drivers station. I believe FIRST should respond to this. I think they never thought robots would be quite so high and tall with large arms. In the Florida regional one team had a boom so long they hit the speakers and almost took out everyone doing scoring and video. I believe FIRST should respond and put a cover over the top of the drivers station. This would eliminate the problem of accidentally dropping tetras onto the drivers. Nothing can be done for human players. No real protection can be gained for them. FIRST put in penaltys to protect human players in the loading zone. But that does not mean they are safe. This is one or the most dangerous games for drivers and HP's. FIRST I am sure will take this into account in future years with game designs.
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