CHAPTER 13 RALLY Appendix 4- Road Events – Routes and Sections
1. General 1.1. This Appendix must be read in conjunction with all applicable Appendices.
2. Routes 2.1. A Road Rally Route is the Route provided by the Organisers and conforming with the NCR.
2.2. The only route information that may be given out before the Competitors’ due start time will be information regarding Quiet Zones, Black Spots, Rejoin Points and Neutral Sections. Exceptionally for Road, Targa or Historic Road Rallies, and only if the Official Documents Permit, other route information may be given in advance for those parts of the route that take place between the hours of 07.00 and 22.00.
2.3. The location of all Stop and Give Way junctions along the route must be issued to Competitors along with clear instructions as how they must treat them( Art. 2.5 below).
2.4. Organisers must identify any other junction at which Competitors are required to stop.
2.5. Competitors must stop before entering any road protected by a Stop junction or a Give Way junction where any part of the Event is held between 22.00 and 07.00 hrs. Failure to comply will be penalised by Disqualification from the Event.
2.6. Exceptionally and only with the specific permission of the RLO, Give Way signs in Quiet Zones may be negotiated according to the Highway Code. All such junctions must be advised to Competitors in advance.
2.7. Only 1:50,000 scale OS maps may be used. 2.8. The only information that can be added to the OS map as sold is:
a.
b.
Highlighting numbers, words and legends printed on the map within the confines of the outer printed grid numbers.
Highlighting and repeating grid lines and numbers and marking adjacent map numbers outside the of the outer printed grid numbers.
c. Information provided by the Organisers of the Event.
2.9. The onus of following the correct route rests with the Competitor who must visit Controls and Checks in the order set out in the Time Card or Route Card unless otherwise specified.
2.10. Any Control( App. 5) is deemed to extend for 50m around the actual point at which Officials are making their records unless clearly visible signs are displayed to define a different area.
2.11. The direction of approach to a Control or Check will be specified by the route information. Approaching a manned control from any other direction or visiting a Control or Check more than once will involve a Penalty( App. 7A, App. 7B and App. 8).
2.12. No private road must be used by Competitors unless specific permission to do so has been given by the Organisers.
2.13. Quiet Zones:
a.
Any Quiet Zone in a Standard or Regularity Section must be monitored by a Driving Standards Observer.
3. Sections
b. The end of a Quiet Zone must be indicated by an end of QZ Board.
3.1. The following terminology and restrictions apply to all Road Rally Sections and no other title or description will be valid.
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