Impeding Traffic or Good Defense?

[FRC2046]

If a robot positions itself in front of another robot and continually and rapidly bumps the advancing robot with the clear intent of disrupting its progression around the track, would this be a penalty or just good defense? Rule G40 states that a robot "... shall not intentionally IMPEDE the flow of traffic around the TRACK" and is "... IMPEDING traffic if it is preventing an opposing ROBOT from proceeding around the track". Assume that there is a clear passing lane around the disrupting robot but they move in front of (continuing the rapid back-and-forth bumping) the advancing robot as soon as it attempts to use that passing lane. If this is a penalty, when and how often would it be assessed (assuming the disrupting robot continues this strategy throughout the Teleoperated Period)?

[GDC]

If a Robot continually moves to prevent an opposing Robot from passing and proceeding around the Track, then it is impeding and this would be a violation of Rule <G40>. Although an open passing lane may exist, the impeding Robot is continually moving to prevent access to the passing lane. This effectively causes the passing lane to not exist.