Thread: ELEVATED but not hanging?
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Re: ELEVATED but not hanging?
Dana,

This doesn't happen often, but I totally disagree with you on your interpretation. Nowhere do they reference the word "hanging" when they talk about SUSPENDED. At first, I thought what you thought, but now I am convinced the scenario I posted earlier will remain perfectly legal.

Think of it this way: what if I had ramps on my robot so you could drive up my robot. Then I had some mechanism that lifted both of us up and I was above the platform. Your robot is definitely not hanging from mine as it is sitting on my robot, but you are certainly SUSPENDED based on the definition in the rules.

What am I missing?

Paul
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