http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg

"20 easy right maybe 30 low left maybe"

Maybe? WTF :O

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Wow, that was intense!  LOL @ maybe.

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Eero Ahonen nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/02 14:26:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg
> 
> "20 easy right maybe 30 low left maybe"
> 
> Maybe? WTF :O
> 
That navigator is to "maybe"...

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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg
> 
> "20 easy right maybe 30 low left maybe"
> 
> Maybe? WTF :O

I suspect it's a technical term. In this sort of rally race, you get a 
set of instructions to follow (often intentionally obscure) and a time 
to get there in. The closer you come to getting there in the right 
number of seconds, the better your score. Too early or too late costs 
you. So perhaps "maybe" was one of the instructions, saying "maybe you 
turn right, maybe you don't" or some such, and you're expected to be 
able to react to whether there's a right turn there or not.

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Darren New wrote:
> 
> I suspect it's a technical term. 

That's what we thought of with couple of other car (not rally-, just
car) enthustians, but any of us still haven't got a clue, what it
_really_ means. It still sounds hilarious - and I hoped that someone
here could know.

> In this sort of rally race, you get a
> set of instructions to follow (often intentionally obscure) and a time
> to get there in. The closer you come to getting there in the right
> number of seconds, the better your score. Too early or too late costs
> you. So perhaps "maybe" was one of the instructions, saying "maybe you
> turn right, maybe you don't" or some such, and you're expected to be
> able to react to whether there's a right turn there or not.

Yep, if they haven't made the notes themselves, there is always a
possibility for an actual "maybe".

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And lo on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:26:46 -0000, Eero Ahonen  

<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> did spake, saying:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg
>
> "20 easy right maybe 30 low left maybe"
>
> Maybe? WTF :O

Normally a variable - may be slippery, may be wet; it depends.

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Phil Cook wrote:
> 
> Normally a variable - may be slippery, may be wet; it depends.
> 

Ahhh. Thank you.

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>> Normally a variable - may be slippery, may be wet; it depends.
>>
>
> Ahhh. Thank you.

I thought it was usually short for "maybe cut", ie there might be a 
possibility to cut off some part of the turn (eg by putting two wheels onto 
the grass).  It's because the conditions might have changed since the recce, 
spectators, rocks, debris, mud or anything could be there which wasn't there 
earlier.  I haven't watched that specific clip though so could be wrong.

Vaguely related, I remember watching Colin McRae and his co-driver to the 
pre-run recce of a rally stage once, they were approaching an "S" bend that 
had flat grass all around it so decided that in the rally they would 
completely cut off the two turns and drive through the middle across the 
grass, allowing that section to be taken at a much higher speed and saving 
valuable time.

Come the real rally, they approach this same section at considerable speed 
expecting to simply cut through the middle, only to find a course official 
standing directly in their path!  Some extreme sideways driving (and a lot 
of lost time) got them around ok in the end IIRC.

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And lo on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:46:32 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> did  
spake, saying:

>>> Normally a variable - may be slippery, may be wet; it depends.
>>>
>>
>> Ahhh. Thank you.
>
> I thought it was usually short for "maybe cut", ie there might be a  
> possibility to cut off some part of the turn (eg by putting two wheels  
> onto the grass).  It's because the conditions might have changed since  
> the recce, spectators, rocks, debris, mud or anything could be there  
> which wasn't there earlier.  I haven't watched that specific clip though  
> so could be wrong.

Well I didn't get it from the clip, got it from some rally driving friends  
:-) Apparently it's part of some standard terminology in the pace notes.

> Vaguely related, I remember watching Colin McRae and his co-driver to  
> the pre-run recce of a rally stage once, they were approaching an "S"  
> bend that had flat grass all around it so decided that in the rally they  
> would completely cut off the two turns and drive through the middle  
> across the grass, allowing that section to be taken at a much higher  
> speed and saving valuable time.

Again apparently there isn't a "cut" standard term, but there is a "no cut"

> Come the real rally, they approach this same section at considerable  
> speed expecting to simply cut through the middle, only to find a course  
> official standing directly in their path!  Some extreme sideways driving  
> (and a lot of lost time) got them around ok in the end IIRC.

As above if they didn't want anyone to cut it should have been labelled as  
such, otherwise it's fair game.

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