I wasnt going to but....

It covers 3 things as far as im concerned.

1) If a robot gets destroyed RR are not to blame.
2) If a roboteer hurts themself in their shed, RR are not to blame.
3) If a robot gets dropped on someones foot in our pits, then RR are not to blame.


It was in the paperwork, exactly the same last year. Why it wasnt picked up then ive no idea... maybe people didnt bother reading into things so much, or maybe they just didnt read it. It was put in as it was a class 2 event, and there was a higher potential for robots being destroyed.

If a robot was flipped out of the arena, and it broke the outer structure, escaped and hurt an audience member, common sence says that it was the arena at fault, and so the event organisor gets sued. Not the roboteer who flipped the robot out, and certainly not the roboteers whos robot did the damage.

If it was me in that situation, i would hold my hand up and admit liability if i considered it my fault.


The same if a racing car breaks through a barrier at a track and hurts someone... would the driver of the car be sued.... no, the event organisor would because the track wasnt up to the job.

This is exaclty why the FRA was created, to reduce the risk of something ever happening.... and if you look back to when events were being run in school playgrounds, id like to see someone try and say it hasnt done its job !!

John
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