Proposal 4: Restructure Section 3B [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: 3. Road RacingSubmitted on 2025-02-19
Status: Passed on March 15, 2025
Background
For a better readability of the rules, I would divide the section into three large subsections: General Rules, which can be seen as a framework (3B.1 General Road Racing Rules), a subsection where the official disciplines are presented (3B.2 Road Racing Disciplines) and a section where the rules of a actual race are presented (3B.3 Racing Rules).
The current rules 3B.1 Safety, 3B.2 Unicycles, 3B.3 Rider Identi cation, 3B.4 Protests and 3B.5.1 Riders Must Be Ready are the rules that would be described as framework conditions. They do not necessarily relate to the specific race, but rather provide a framework within which races will take place.
The rurrent rule 3B.6 Criterium is already a short rule about presenting a discipline. There is currently nothing comparable for the other disciplines. These rules would have to be developed in separate proposals.
Basically a race can be divided into three parts: The start, the "actual race" and the finish. It would make sense to include this structure in the rules and have a subsection 3B.3 Racing Rules.
False starts (3B.3.1.1 False Start) are somehow part of the start and therefore could be included as a subsubchapter to the subchapter 3B.3.1 The Start. The rules 3B.5.4 Passing, 3B.5.5 Dismounts, 3B.5.6 Illegal Riding and 3B.5.7 Repair, Change, or Replace a (Broken) Unicycle belong to the rules of the actual race. This rules would become subsubchapters of the subchapter 3B.3.2 The Race.
For the finish there is rule 3B.5.8 Finishes, which would become the subchapter 3B.3.3 The Finish.
With this structure, it would be very clear to the riders which rules apply during the race and they would be sensibly and logically organized.
Proposal
3B.1 General Road Racing Rules
3B.1.1 Safety
3B.1.2 Unicycles
3B.1.3 Rider Identification
3B.1.4 Riders Must Be Ready
3B.1.5 Protests
3B.2 Road Racing Disciplines
3B.2.1 Fixed Distance Races
3B.2.1.1 10 km
3B.2.1.2 Marathon
3B.2.1.3 100 km
3B.2.2 Free Distance Races
3B.2.3 Criterium
3B.2.4 Time Trials
3B.3 Racing Rules
3B.3.1 The Start
3B.3.1.1 False Start
3B.3.2 The Race
3B.3.2.1 Illegal Riding
3B.3.2.2 Passing
3B.3.2.3 Dismounts
3B.3.2.4 Repair, Change, or Replace a (Broken) Unicycle
3B.3.3 The Finish
Body
Further information can be found in the corresponding discussion.
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