b.
Upon the Signal GO a visual starting Signal must be given which will normally be the raising of a flag from the bonnet( not the windscreen).
c. Any other visual Signal to be used must be described in the Official Documents. d. Making a false start will be penalised in accordance with App. 11 Chart 3. h and 4. h as applicable. e.
Stages where Competitors are required to start at intervals of less than one minute may dispense with the 30 seconds advance warning. This revised procedure must be advised in the Official Documents.
6.9. Unless the Official Documents state otherwise the use or possession of Pace Notes or any other means of giving a Competitor advice relating to the traversing of a Special Stage which has not been provided by the Organisers is forbidden.
6.10. This does not preclude the use of Ordnance Survey maps of 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 scale in addition to others that are specified in the Official Documents.
6.11. The only supplementary information which may be shown on the maps is information given by the Organisers of the Event( including route details).
6.12. Contravention of Arts. 6.9 – 6.11 above will be penalised by Disqualification in accordance with App. 11 Charts 3. t and 4. t.
7. Team Recovery
7.1. The following regulations are additional to and take precedence over App. 6 and App. 7 Arts. 1- 7 and App. 8 Arts. 1- 4.
7.2. * The Official Documents will specify the number of Vehicles comprising a team.
7.3. Teams will start in numerical order and the Organisers will determine the order of running at each Observed Section.
7.4. Details of Observed Sections must be given at the Start and unless the Official Documents specify otherwise, teams will have the opportunity of inspecting the Course before attempting each Observed Section.
7.5. Team Members may start in any order.
7.6. Each Team will nominate a captain who will be responsible for carrying the official score card for the team and who will produce it on demand to Officials.
7.7. Team Vehicles must not be harnessed together before the Start. 7.8. The onus of following the correct route will rest with the Team Captain. 7.9. No Passengers can be carried in any team Vehicle when it leaves the Start.
7.10. This does not preclude other members of the Team from being carried through Observed Sections provided that they are properly seated and are only carried for as far as is necessary and that the Vehicle is stationary when they mount or dismount.
7.11. Seat belts need not be worn.
7.12. Any Team Vehicle that cannot maintain unassisted forward motion in the direction of the Course must be recovered by other members of the team by pushing, towing or winching.
7.13. * All equipment to be used by Team Vehicles as means of self-recovery, including harness ropes and shackles, must be presented to, and cleared by, the Scrutineer prior to the Start.
7.14. This equipment must be carried on Team Vehicles throughout the Competition.
7.15. Before attempting any Observed Section, Team Vehicles will be brought to rest behind the Start Line by Officials and will not proceed until instructed to do so.
7.16. * The starting Signal will be stated in the Official Documents. 7.17. A Team will be considered to have left an Observed Section when all team Vehicles have crossed the
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