Breaking the plane

[FRC67_2006]

Watching all the penalties during week #1, it would be wise to make a slight change to rule G22, remove the "break the plane" part and replace with "crossed the lane marker". A robot should have to fully cross the lane marker in a clockwise direction to be assigned a penalty. The same as crossing the lane marker or finish line. I would only do this in the lane marker areas and not the finish line areas. Several hundreds of penalty points were assigned to robot for this very minor but match changing event.

[GDC]

Rule <G22> will stand as written. The lane marker and finish lines are clearly marked on the Track. It is part of the responsibility of the Robot drivers to ensure that, once they have crossed them, they stay far enough away from the lane marker and finish lines to not risk an infraction of Rule <G22>. Both the Coach and RoboCoach can provide assistance to the drivers to ensure they understand where the Robot is located on the field, and located in relation to the Lane Markers and Finish Lines. You also may want to reference Team Update #15.