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Re: Intentionally blocking traffic in Hybrid

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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom View Post
Dan (and others), I respect your opinion and your right to voice it, and VERY MUCH respect your desire to "avoid the gray areas". However, since you continue to use the Q&A as the basis of your disdain for this strategy, how do you explain this apparant inconsistency WITHIN THE Q&A ITSELF (as referenced in my earlier post):

This response was issued more than two weeks after the one that is causing all of this "heartache", and the question describes a much more severe case of "blocking" during hybrid - using TWO robots. While I agree the addition of all of the detailed scenarios in this question somewhat complicates things, would this not have been a perfect opportunity for the GDC to clarify their intent/position with regard to "blocking" in hybrid mode if they intended it to be illegal? They chose NOT TO.

And - also from my earlier post:

Stu, the GDC never examines specific hypothetical situations that teams lay out in Q&A, from my experience following it (somewhat) closely. I don't think we can read into their lack of a response meaning consent.

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
If someone did that, they'd probably get called for impeding. That's part of the definition of impeding--one way is moving back and forth across the track with intent to block. Active blocking would get that penalty probably 90% of the time.
You can'it impede in hybrid. It only counts in teleoperated mode.
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