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The Official Amazing Race Rules And Regulations

There are official amazing race rules and regulations for the existing as well as new prospective contestants. Beforeyou participate in these races, you must know what goes on inside them and which rules and regulations one has tofollow as a contestant. And there is no harm in brushing up your statistics related to the Amazing Race rules even ifyou already know about them. Read on.

Here are some very basic Amazing Race rules to start with: Team members should be at least 21 years old and must be there at the Open Auditions.

Each individual team member must put in a separate application forms which can be downloaded.

Both team members must be in superb physical and mental health.

All participants must consent to a background check by the producers of the Amazing Race show.

There is a STRICT no to alcohol, open fires, stoves or heaters, weapons or even tents.

Teams are banned from bringing any maps, guidebooks, cell phones, and other similar aids at the start of the

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Teams will be been given some money at the start of each leg of the race.

Teams are given a credit card to buy tickets to their next destination before the race. However, they must buy

economy tickets.

Teams are not allowed to contact with friends, family, and acquaintances during the amazing race.Here are some more of the Amazing Race rules which you should be well aware of:

Both Team MembersWhen getting a clue both members of the team must be present in order to open the next clue. But the teams do nothave to read the clue together.

SpeedingWhile driving a car, avoid over speeding as you are sure to receive a time penalty then. So be careful on these

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CluesThe next of the Amazing Race rules relates to the clues. When reaching the pit-stop, the team must have with themall the clues that have been given to them during the leg of the race. In case any of the clues is missing, they have toget back the missing clue before checking-in. And each team is allowed only one Clue per Route Marker.

Road BlockAfter reading the clue or statement giving the team a hint as to what the task is going to be, the team members haveto decide who will be doing the Road Block. They cannot change their mind once they have made the decision. Theteammate who is doing the Road Block, can take verbal assistance form his partner but not any help physically. Ifquitting a roadblock task, the team will receive a 4-hour penalty. Keep these amazing race rules and regulations inmind.

DetourThe teams will receive a 24-hour penalty if they decide to quit a Detour task. It may be a conscious decision by theteam members to not to do the task. But they have to be aware of these official Amazing Race rules before makingnay such decisions.

HinderingNo participant or team is allowed to stop other teams from going on with what they have to do in the Amazing Race.However they are allowed to do this except when choosing to use the Yield on them, which are part of the game, orelse they will be penalized.

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The teams are not allowed to pay for something such as a cab ride, with items of their own. They should get ready to

receive a 2 hour penalty for breaking these Amazing Race rules otherwise.

Rules and penalties

All teams must abide by the rules set at the beginning of the race. Failure to do so can result in time

penalties, which can negatively affect finishing position in that leg of the race. In a non-elimination leg, if

the last team to arrive at the mat is checked in before a previous team has completed its penalty, then the

remainder of the penalty time will be waited out at the start of the next leg of the race, beginning at the

departure time of the next-to-last team.

While the complete set of official rules has not been released to the public, certain rules have been

revealed during the various editions of the race:

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Unless otherwise stated, such as during Roadblocks, team members must stay within twenty feet of

each other and stay close to their assigned camera and sound crew. When using any form of

transportation, unless otherwise stated, teams must be able to travel with the camera crew. Teams

are recorded requesting only two tickets after they have made their initial request for four.[16]

Teams are required to purchase economy class airfare when they fly, using the credit card provided

by the show.[17][18]

The airline, at its discretion however may upgrade the team(s) for so long as there

are no additional costs.[19]

Teams may use their cash stipend to purchase first-class fares for other

modes of transportation.[20]

Teams may be forbidden from flying on certain airlines or restricted to

specific airlines in some cases.

Teams are forbidden contact with friends, family, and acquaintances during the Race without

supervision. The Race however may provide them with an opportunity to contact them at select

times.[21]

When this happens while the race is going on, teams are not allowed to proceed to theirnext task.

Unless otherwise stated by the clues, teams are allowed to use the help of locals for navigating and

during tasks. Teams are required to have any locals who appear on camera sign release forms that

legally clear the footage for use; some teams have avoided or reduced contacts with random local

strangers because the release process can take a very long time to complete.

Teams are free to work together at any point unless otherwise stated by the rules.[22][23]

Excluding the

use of the Yield and U-Turn, teams are forbidden from hindering the performance of other teams

such as by taking extra clues from a clue box, taking another team's assigned vehicle, or altering the

equipment for other teams at a task.

Teams are forbidden from possessing maps, guidebooks, cell phones, personal digital assistants andother similar aids at the start of the Race, but may use the provided money to purchase these as they

progress. These may be provided by the show if required for a certain task .[24]

Teams are not allowed to use their personal items to barter for services on the race, though they are

not necessarily forbidden from selling them for cash. The teams' bags may be subject to review

during Pit Stops by production. Teams are free to sell or barter any items they have purchased during

the course of the race.
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In cases where teams are instructed to walk or drive themselves to a destination, teams are not

allowed to hire a taxi to guide or take them through the route. In early seasons of the American

series, teams frequently employed this tactic; several exchanges of dialogue in season 17indicate

that this is now forbidden.

Teams are expected to keep the Racefanny packcontaining their cash, passports, clues, and other

documents with them at all times. Teams that do not have these upon check-in at a Pit Stop arerequired to go back and retrieve the pack and any missing mandatory contents (e.g., passports)

before being checked in. Teams may check in after losing or abandoning any non-mandatory items

(e.g., items of clothing), but they must continue the race without them.

Teams must complete each challenge as specified by the clues given to them throughout the Race.

Should a team fail to properly complete a challenge, violate any provisions made in a clue or task

description, or miss a clue altogether (unless specifically allowed to do so, e.g., by winning the Fast

Forward, or by using an Express Pass), they must either go back to the location of the challenge and

complete the challenge, or incur a penalty when they check in (see Penalties and time credits below).

Teams are prohibited from begging where it is illegal. On the U.S. version, teams are additionally

prohibited from begging at U.S. airports. Racers may not smoke on the Race.

Teams are required to abide by all local laws of the country in which they are racing.

The teams are often given additional rules and instructions that apply specifically to a given leg or to a

task supplied with one of the clues; these are usually not explained to the viewer unless they affect

the Race results.

Penalt ies and time credits

If the infraction can be corrected, Phil would usually ask the team to go back and correct the mistake

before checking them in at the Pit Stop or the Finish Line. If not, the standard penalty for rule infractions isnormally 30 minutes plus the time gained (if any) by breaking the rule. Other penalty times include but are

not limited to two hours for bartering goods for services, up to four hours for not completing any or all

parts of a miscellaneous task, four hours for not completing a Roadblock or a Speed Bump, six hours for

not completing a Detour or completing the Fast Forward incorrectly, and twenty-four hours for flying

outside of economy class unless the upgrade is complimentary on top of the economy class fare

paid.[25]

Earlier seasons of the Race enforced a 24 hour penalty for not completing either Detour option,

but this was subsequently reduced to six hours at some point for later seasons, first used in The Amazing

Race 17.[1][26]

Penalty times are cumulative. If a player is unable to complete the Roadblock, the team is

assessed a four hour penalty starting from the time of the arrival of the next team at the Roadblock, after

which they are given their next clue to proceed[27]

unless they are no other teams yet to arrive at the

Roadblock site, in which case their four-hour penalty begins the moment that team gave up on the

Roadblock.Season twoof the Israeli version only has a one-hour penalty for not finishing a Roadblock

task.U.S. season 20also featured a unique length for a particular Roadblock's incompletion, placing it at

two hours for using up a limited amount of supplied props per team to be sat out at the Pit Stop. A 30-

minute penalty is also given to teams who get a second copy of the clue. Teams who accidentally or

otherwise use a car of another team to go to their next location are also given a penalty.
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If the penalty is known before the racers arrive at the check-in mat, they are forced to wait out that time

before they can be checked in; if they happen to be the last team on a non-elimination leg, they will be

checked in early, but the remaining time will be applied at the start of the next leg. If the penalty is

discovered after racers arrive, and does not affect which team is eliminated, it is applied to the start of the

next leg, with the viewers given verbal notification if it affects the departure order. In only one case has a

penalty altered who would be eliminated and a special announcement of this change to the affectedteams was done after production was able to review the results but before the start of the next leg.

Should a vehicle (including cars and boats) break down through no fault of the team using it, a

replacement vehicle is provided for them, but "no time credit is given for their wait in this unlucky

situation."[28]

Teams may also receive time credits, applied to the next leg, that result from "production difficulties."

These are only revealed to the viewer if they affect the placement at the start of the next leg.
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