Will head light be next?
Tracks that are licensed to run under lights, have to comply with chapter 18 (18.11 page 116), and by this design, there would be adequate lighting for all to see.
There is no mention anywhere in the rule book about lights on Karts.
(Note: That if it is in the supplementary rules then it becomes a rule for the event.)
Other AKA clubs (including North Shore Kart Club) have run race meetings under lights with no requirement for lights on karts...
Eastern Creek Hire Karts run under lights and I don't believe their karts have lights fitted (I've never seen them on, if they are fitted).
If Lights become mandatory for this event, will a mechanical defect flag be issued to a kart with a defective light? Could a kart be "Excluded from the Event" for not having a working light ( ran out of batteries or ran out of replacement lights in the event of the light fittings falling apart). ie no light no entry to track. What guide lines will the competitor and the scrutineers be issued. I don't want to turn up to the track and be told that my light is to big or to small, to dim or to bright, or mounted in the wrong position etc...
Last thing I want is to be disqualified in the last hour of the event because my light failed...
I suggest that visibility in the wet is far less than at a night meeting and tail lights would not do very much to help this problem either. (Have you ever seen the vision from an F1 drivers view point in the ran, usually just before he hits the car in front.)
and noted tail lights are mandatory when racing at night.
