Negative control
The opposite of a passage control: a no-go point or section that must not be driven. Passing it earns penalty points.
A negative control (German: Negativkontrolle) is the opposite of a passage control. It marks a no-go area – a point or road section that the instructions forbid you to drive. On navigation runs it is used to catch wrong routes: a crew that takes a closed road or drives a section twice passes the negative control and collects penalty points. It is often set up as a silent control, so the crew does not even notice it has been checked.
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Regularity rally
Classic-car motorsport where precision counts, not speed: hold prescribed average speeds and target times as exactly as possible.
Regularity test
A scored test in which a section must be driven at a prescribed, as-constant-as-possible average speed. Consistency is scored – not hitting a single target time as in a time trial.
Time card
Control card issued by the organiser on which arrival and passage times are recorded or stamped at the controls.