Simplify the Free Drive course for 2027

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Background

Free Drive should remain the most accessible dynamic discipline. The organization agreed to simplify the course and allow more freedom of movement while retaining a defined route and direction.

Agreed direction

• Allow vehicles to use both lanes.
• Allow crossing the center line while following the designated route and driving direction.
• Remove intentionally missing or interrupted lane-marking sections from Free Drive.
• Keep intersections and traffic signs as course elements.
• Clarify which traffic-sign rules apply during Free Drive and which signs may be ignored.

Scope

• update the Free Drive course definition and permitted vehicle position;
• define the relationship between both-lane use, center-line crossing, and the designated route;
• remove obsolete references to missing lane markings;
• clarify the role of intersections and traffic signs;
• update figures and scoring references where necessary.

Acceptance criteria

• Both-lane use and center-line crossing are explicitly permitted.
• The designated route and driving direction remain enforceable.
• Missing lane-marking elements are removed from the Free Drive definition.
• Intersection and sign behavior is unambiguous.
• Figures, scoring tables, and related documents remain consistent.

Related but not duplicate: #80 — Definition of the Free Drive Course covered parking, intersection crossing, and a scoring multiplier.