Would this be called "Selective Enforcement"
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Mark Sirota wrote:
> Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
> > No, I don't know better than that! It's Impound's job to look for
> > "obvious illegalities" on Stock vehicles. At least it was when I was
> > Chief of Impound. Impound inspectors have filed the protest with the
> > PC on more than one occasion!
>
> Hmm. Looking at the 2000 Nationals Supps (which is where Impound is
> defined, it isn't in the rulebook) you may be right, but it's a little
> vague. See section F. It looks similar to last year's, but I haven't
> looked any further back.
>
> Key points -- clearly, impound is supposed to look for a few things on
> the top cars. On the other hand, "Impound will generally not act on
> information regarding suspected illegalities provided by competitors."
> And "The Chief of Impound will submit to the SEB a plan for conducting
> impound inspections." That suggests that they'll only look for what's
> in the plan.
>
> The Protest Committee, on the other hand, might find other things, as
> in 8.3.3 (page 73): "The PC shall have the authority to impose
> penalties upon finding any additional illegal item(s) during an
> inspection."
>
> So my personal interpretation is that Impound is not expected to file
> protests, even on the most obvious infractions, though they have the
> right to. In particular, they cannot be held responsible for NOT
> filing such a protest.
>
> Mark
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