Glossary

A

B

Jones Road

Smith Road

D

C

E

Action Word - A word that requires you to change your course (Right, Left, South, etc.)

Turn - A change of course and direction at an intersection.

             The following action words indicate a Turn: Right, Left, North, South, East, West (and their variants: example: Northeast, Easterly), Turn, Acute, Bear, Keep, Take and/or others.

Right - Turn Right

Left - Turn Left

South/East/North/West - Turn in the compass heading indicated.

Take - Drive upon the road indicated.

   Note the reason all route instructions do not just read LEFT ON JONES, RIGHT ON SMITH, etc. is that it is 1. Boring, 2. Limited. 3. Because you have trouble basing gimmicks on stuff like that. Obviously if you have crossroad, sideroad, opportunity, Tee, etc. you have more things that you can do to fool the rallyist.

A Track

R    R

Railroad Sign

J

In the example  Point J is a railroad crossing and two track(s) (or tracks). The railroad crossing is both sets of tracks.

Mailboxes

Utility Pole

Objects - Some of the more-utilized objects identified on a rallye are:

Overpass - Where your road goes over another road, railroad, path or water.

Underpass - Where your road goes under another road, railroad or path.

Bridge - Must be an obvious structure with siderails and/or abutments on both sides.

Utility Pole - A wooden pole used to hold up telephone or electrical wires.

Light Pole - A steel/metal structure that supports a street light designed to illuminate.

Mailbox - A  recognizable mailbox and/or its structure.

Track - A pair of parallel metal rails, designed for a train to travel upon.

Crossing - At least a pair, but frequently more than a pair, of parallel metal rails designed for a train to travel upon,  that cross a road. (also known as a railroad crossing).

Crossbuck - An official Railroad warning sign located at a railroad crossing (may or may not have the words "Railroad Crossing" on it.)

Railroad Sign - An official highway black and yellow circular railroad sign.

The following commands could all be executed at A

   South on Jones

   Right on sideroad

   Turn first opportunity

   Right

   Turn

   Take Jones

The Following could be done at C:

Acute Right

Right second opportunity

The following could be done at D:

Bear Right

Right at third opportunity

(see glossary explanations of BEAR and ACUTE)

You can not execute a Turn by going right at E since it does not meet the requirement of our definition of intersection (please check at each rallye for how this is interpreted) (also see Redundancy)

The following commands could all be executed at B

   North on Smith

   Left

   Left at Smith

   Left on Sideroad

   Turn second   opportunity

   Take Smith

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