<G42> Protection While Hurdling?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ALIBI

Lets say that Redabot is traveling roughly the same speed directly behind Blueabot. There are all kinds of open lanes. As they get close to Redabots' finish line and Redabot begins to raise the Trackball to hurdle, Blueabot hits the brakes, Redabot slams into Blueabot and loses the Trackball. Are the rules written so that Redabot should have had a clear distance between it and Blueabot (Redabot gets raming penalty), or are the rules written so that Blueabot gets a penalty (for either impeding or G42)? I would like to think that Redabot would get the penalty, there are other open lanes. But then again (sorry, rule book is at the shop and I can not quote), by slaming on the brakes in front of another robot causing them to get a penalty are you in violation of the rules similar to pushing them into a quad behind them? Or would this be called normal interaction between robots with no penalties (assuming neither robot gets damaged).

I'm going to say no penalty in this; Blueabot forced Redabot into a penalty situation. (<G23>)