Ridecamp: Re: [RC] New Easyboot articles are online

On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 19:34:54 -0400, Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Hmmm...but using radios and/or a GPS during a ride is a violation of
>AERC rule 6.(k), is it not?

>"Not having been paced, prompted, or aided by an un[entered], withdrawn,
>or otherwise unauthorized equine, vehicle, or a person other than
>another entrant."

I don't see how using a GPS is in any way a violation of that rule.
As the rule also specifically allows crews, I believe using a radio to
contact your crew is also OK under the rule, and should be.  However,
it might be good to have the BoD clarify the use of radios before it's
tested with a protest.

Sometimes it seems than whenever somebody comes up with a "better
mousetrap" to use on a ride (heart monitors, for example), somebody
else wants to ban its use.  Hey, if we want to really be "natural," we
should ban the use of saddles!

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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