Proposal 58: Making DNF the consequence of a dismount [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: TrackSubmitted on 2019-05-20
Status: Passed on June 05, 2019
Background
Disqualifications should made by an official referee and in the ideal case should be justified in a written form. However, if every dismount had to be recorded in a written form and the referee had to give a disqualification, this would quickly become impossible to implement. Therefore the rules of the track races should be changed so that after a dismount the remount is forbidden and the dismount itself only leads to the fact that the race cannot be finished.
Proposal
Old Rule:
2B.6.1 100m Race
In the 100m race, riders must stay in their lane, and a dismount results in disqualification.
In the 100m race, riders must stay in their lane, and a dismount results in disqualification.
A dismount is any time a rider’s foot or other body part touches the ground. Except for the 800m, Relay races, and other races where this is announced in advance, if a rider dismounts, he or she is disqualified. In races where riders are allowed to remount and continue, riders must immediately remount at the point where the unicycle comes to rest, without running. If a dismount puts the rider past the finish line, the rider must back up and ride across the line in control, in the normal direction.
New Rule:
2B.6.1 100m Race
In the 100m race, riders must stay in their lane.
2B.6.2 400m Race
A dismount is any time a rider’s foot or other body part touches the ground. Except for the 800m, Relay races, and other races where this is announced in advance, after a dismount the race may not be continued and will be considered as not finished ["DNF" - Did Not Finish]. In races where riders are allowed to remount and continue, riders must immediately remount at the point where the unicycle comes to rest, without running. If a dismount puts the rider past the finish line, the rider must back up and ride across the line in control, in the normal direction.
Body
The supplements are italicised in the new rule text. For more information and the the improvement of the proposal please look and comment into discussion#81: "Dismounts and Disqualifications".
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Votes on this proposal:
9 out of 10 voting members have voted.
Agree: 7, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 2.