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Argyle Park Buggy Racing Rules

THE GREAT BUGGY RULES DEBATE - A CONTRIBUTION. Peter Lynn This is, in writing the thoughts expressed on the subject to various people and groups around the world during the last 3 years reflecting the experience we have had in New Zealand since 1990 in organising buggy competitions (maybe up to 500 races by now) and is partly a response to the recently circulated "Rules for Buggy Racing" from "The Kiteflier", page 28 October 1993. Firstly, it is absolutely true that we must get an internationally recognised rule framework organised. Secondly, we must have a positive approach to the various problems we are encountering in rule creation as ultimately we must find some rules that work. I believe that every attempt to set up "right of way" and etc rules for buggying have as their prime objective the creation of a level playing field on which competitors compete with relative safety and can be assessed on the basis of their skill and strategy. The "lottery" of a winner selected by the mainly blind luck of being the only competitor to avoid all entanglements and crashes is not a satisfactory state of affairs but is so often the way buggy races are decided. Most proposed buggy racing rules have been derived from yachting rules in some way and herein lies the problem. With Buggies there is the added dimension of line and kite to consider. While the buggy and pilot may be on a particular tack, their kite and line are often on the opposite tack. It is actually more logical to determine the right of way from the heading of the kite rather than of the buggy as the kite/line system is far more likely to be involved in a collision than the buggy is. Unfortunately I can't see how we can set rules on the basis of kite direction because kites can change direction so quickly, and even "windmill" - who could afterwards judge which kite has the right of it in any typical "incident". Ultimately though, we won't be able to get consistent, worthwhile rules until we d

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