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ryanmissing27:
I'm sure this has been raised before and talked about in depth already but I really want to bring up one major discrepancy that has struck me from the gnomegate incident of TAR18...
Kent and Vyxsin received their penalty for taking the wrong type of transport from the final task (the chocolate gnomes) to the pitstop.
Compare with the following two cases, strangely both from TAR13:
1. Bolivia: Mark and Bill receive a penalty for taking the wrong type of transport during the leg.
2. Kazakhstan: Dan and Andrew take the wrong type of transport from the final task to the pitstop and are unable to check in until they have rectified their mistake.
That's the bottom line, should not have Kent and Vyxsin had to leave the pit stop and return on foot? Was something stopping them from doing so (safety, weather, whatever)? Or did they have a choice between do over or penalty?
I'm not saying that it would have helped them, I guess we may never know but the series of events from that leg have definitely stirred some murky waters...

Jobby:
No, if the clue instructed them to walk to the pitstop and they take a taxi, it's always a 30 minutes penalty. As with Mark and Bill, Michael and Kevin and a few other teams (Heather and Eve) who made the same mistake.

However, I do not know in terms of Dan and Andrew, why instead of a 30 minutes penalty they were told to go back and rectify their mistake. Maybe it take more than 30 minutes, maybe there was some safety rules or whatsoever...

But in Kent and Vyxsin case, it was always that way.. what we should look into is why D/A were never awarded the 30 minutes penalty. It might have kept Terence and Sarah in the race, now that you mention it.

bcp19:
While I could be wrong, I always thought it was a 30 min penalty(plus time gained?) if it occurred somewhere in the middle of the leg, but they could not check in if it was from the last marker to the pit stop.  Mark and Bill took a cab to the detour, which was in the middle of the leg, while Dan and Andrew took one to the Pitstop. 

Prophet:
I think they almost always use the time penalty and I also remember something about the time gained aspect.

As far as Dandrew I would like to know WRP's reasons for that punishment but I think they were just the luckiest team in TAR history :lol: Who knows how they survived each time?

apskip:

--- Quote from: Prophet on June 23, 2012, 08:57:13 PM ---I think they almost always use the time penalty and I also remember something about the time gained aspect.

As far as Dandrew I would like to know WRP's reasons for that punishment but I think they were just the luckiest team in TAR history :lol: Who knows how they survived each time?

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Remember Heather and Eve! They were penalized 30 minutes plus the 7 minutes they gained from taking the taxi. This was to the pitstop the Tower of Belem Lisbon Portugal in AR3.

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