>While the situation at hand warranted the exclusion of the
>team, and I don't fault anyone on the organizing committee,
>the fact remains that a 1 for 1 minute penalty does, in
>fact, cause speeding on transits.
No, pressing the long skinny pedal next to the brake pedal too hard causes speeding on transits.
I'm not a mechanic, but experimentation repeatedly produces the above results.
>
>Here's why:
>
>Scenario 1) 10 seconds/minute penalty: If I am running 5
>minutes late out of a service, and have will have a 50
>second penalty assigned upon checking into the next ATC,
>this will affect my chances of winning an event. However,
>the penalty would still leave me in contention for points,
>thus ensuring I want to stay in the event.
>
>Scenario 2) 1 minute/minute penalty: If I am running 5
>minutes late out of a service, and will be assigned a 5
>minute penalty upon checking into the next ATC, I have
>effectively been excluded from any chance of finishing the
>event in the points. Thus, there is no incentive for me to
>continue. However, should I arrive on time, or one minute
>late, I might still have a chance. Thus, I should speed.
>Even if I'm excluded for speeding on a transit, there is no
>additional penalty that can be applied -- I'm already out of
>the points.
>
So service quicker, or drop out of the rally (or speed and get kicked out). If it was easy, everybody would win.
>Just for example, if there had been NO penalty for arriving
>late, would Milner have been speeding?
Who cares? There was, and always should be a penalty for arriving to a control early or late.
>But let's not pretend that different rules don't induce
>people to act differently. That's just silly.
>
They do? Speeding is against the rules. That didn't induce him to act differently.
It's all relative. No matter what the penalty, somebody will speed to try and avoid it. Who wouldn't push that accelerator pedal just a little harder to avoid a 12 second penalty if they thought no one would know?
I guess it all depends on where you think we should adjust the equation. You favor decreasing the benefits of speeding. I favor increasing the penalty for speeding.
I say this because it seems that some people will speed on a transit for the hell of it. They just don't care or aren't paying attention.
Increasing the penalty addresses both problems.