Overdrive <G22> poll: yea or nay?

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Originally Posted by whytheheckme

I'd be interested to see a poll / the response from drivers only. While lots of people here are spectating as to how easy it should be to follow G22, I'd be interested to see how many of those people have been down on the field at driver level while they were being incurred.

Okay, as a driver at a regional last week, I'll give my opinion. I was driving a tank steered 6WD that is pretty maneuverable (not so much in high gear, but you can't have everything). I incurred three <G22> penalties; I don't remember the first one (all I remember is that I was really pissed at myself because it was really stupid on my part), and, as I recall, the second + third were when I over corrected slowing down to avoid ramming stuff at 13ft/s. That said, all of the times I got penalties, it could have been avoided by having a bit more practice or by driving a bit more carefully.

The optical trick is really freaky, but I didn't find it hugely annoying. It lessens the higher you look, so I often navigated by looking at the top of our gripper hoops. I don't think it is a huge issue.

However, I would be in favor of adding a 7-8" wide "grace zone" around the lines that can be violated for very short periods of time (less than 2 sec, unless another robot prevents the offending robot from exiting the "grace zone"). Such a change would allow drivers to correct quick mistakes, and give teams time to smack the e-stop during autonomous hybrid mode. It would also maintain the intent of the rule (prevent clockwise travel), and it would be hard to take advantage of.