Rulebook

Proposal 1: Reorganization of Chapter 2C Judges and Officials Rules [ Revision 4 ]

Committee: Track
Submitted on 2023-06-20
Status: Passed on July 16, 2023

Background

Chapter 2C is currently structured anything but logically. Some tasks of the referee and the starter are explained directly under the chapter heading, but others only under 2C.1 or even later in a separate chapter for the corresponding official. This proposal is therefore a logical restructuring of the rules currently in the Rulebook.

Proposal

New Structure: (As PDF Version with changes highlighted)

2C Judges and Officials Rules

2C.1 Track Officials

2C.1.1 Track Director

1. The Track Director is the head organizer and administrator of track events. He is the highest authority on everything to do with the track events, except for decisions on rules and results.
2. The Track Director is responsible for the logistics and equipment for all track events.
3. With the Referee, the Track Director is in charge of keeping events running on schedule, and answers all questions not pertaining to rules and judging.

2C.1.2 Referee

1. The Referee is the head track offcial, whose primary job is to make sure the competitors follow the rules. The Referee makes all final decisions regarding rule infractions.
2. The Referee has final say on whether a rider's safety equipment is suffcient.
3. The Referee is responsible for resolving protests.
4. The Referee makes sure other track offcials are trained and ready.

2C.1.3 Starter

1. The Starter starts races and calls riders back in the event of false starts. The Responsibilities follow from the text in 2B.7.2, Starting and 2B.7.3, False Starts.
2. If a verbal (spoken) count is used, there should be about 3/4 second between each element in the count, with the same amount of time between each of them. Starters should practice this before the races begin. Timing of the count is very important for an accurate start. This count can be in the local language, or a language agreed upon before competition starts.
3. The Starter checks riders for correct unicycles and safety equipment and will remove from the starting line-up any riders not properly equipped to race, including riders with dangerously loose shoelaces.
4. The starter explains race rules.

2C.1.4 Finish Line Judge

1. The Finish Line Judge determines whether riders cross the finish line properly, according to the rules.
2. One or more offcials are required at the finish line to judge dismounts in all races where dismounting is allowed. These offcials must be appointed by the racing referee so they fully understand their crucial job. The finish line judges are the voice of authority on whether riders must remount and cross the finish line again. Any riders affected must be clearly and immediately signaled to return to a spot before the finish line, remount without overlapping the finish line, then ride across it again. The path for backing up may involve going around any finish line timing or optical equipment to prevent data problems for other riders in the race.
3. When a rider dismounts while crossing the finish line and has to back up, remount and cross the finish properly, it may happen that the first (illegal) finish is timed, and that this prevents the timing system from recording the time of the actual (proper) finish. (This may happen with a light beam finish timing system, or one based on chip timing. It will usually not happen with a modern slit camera system.)
If possible, the proper finish time must be reconstructed or estimated from whatever data is available, such as legitimate finish times of other riders in relation to the rider in question, video, photographs, or a "manual" reading from a running time display.
If it is in no way possible to assess an actual finish time, the rider's time will be recorded as 0.01 seconds faster than the next rider to cross the line after their remount and crossing. In this way, the heat finish order is preserved. If the rider in question is the last one on the track, the time recorded should be the best possible estimate of their actual time crossing the finish line after their remount.

2C.2 Training Offcials

As the rules state, competitions cannot be started until all key track officials have been trained and understand their tasks. For all Track disciplines, as written
in 2C.1.2 4., the Referee is in charge of making sure this happens.

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Change Log:

Revision 4 changed by Jan Vocke (01 Jul 04:54): Added the hint ", as written in 2C.1.2 4." to 2C.2 1.
Revision 3 changed by Jan Vocke (30 Jun 07:16): Correction of a spelling mistake
Revision 2 changed by Jan Vocke (30 Jun 07:14): I added the link to the PDF version with the highlighted changes. All changes to the current rules are (hopefully) marked: red and crossed out means this part is omitted, blue and italic is new.
All changes are only editorial since this proposal is only about restructering the chapter 2C.
Revision 1 changed by Jan Vocke (20 Jun 02:07)

Votes on this proposal:

5 out of 5 voting members have voted.

Agree: 5, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.