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Originally Posted by wparsons
The blame is definitely on the driver that didn't lift as a starting point, but as the driver taking the pass it's your responsibilty to ensure you get the pass done in the passing zone safely.
It should be pretty clear well before a passing zone is over that you aren't going to make the pass.
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If the car giving the point by does not facilitate the pass then things become unclear, in my post I state an example where I was getting a point by in a corner, clearly not a designated passing zone by an "instructor".
It's a good thing that things are cut and dry at your events but @
DarkSunrise and I have encountered HPDE Groups where it's as clear as mud. Especially when the car offering the point by insists or is confused by the passing car backing out due to safety concerns and EXPECTS to be passed while on the brakes as they back out even further midcorner and cause further confusion and danger than if the pass had just been taken as if we were racing.
In hindsight we both should have backed off and tried again at the next appropriate opportunity or distanced ourselves from the difficult driver, in the heat of the moment obvious solutions are not obvious.
Edit: We are searching for advice on what we can control, ourselves, not critiques on other drivers or organizers.