Rules – Bah Humbug

We have made the Rally Rules simple enough for your average Oxbridge Graduate to understand – and we all know how stupid they are!

Just remember that there are others doing this event as well and that you should expect them to treat you as you treat them…..

Purchase your vehicle:

If your rustbucket cost more than £350 you can’t take part. Simples….

Check its age:

We do not want your mum to sell you her 2007 Renault Scenic for £345 so the second stipulation is that your car must be over 15 years old (pre-1996).

This does not mean it has to be held together with Duct tape but it must have a valid MOT and tax. It needs to get you around 1,500 miles through some of the toughest Lidl carparks in the world!

We take it on your honour that you have embraced the Duckie Spirit de Corps and of course the Joie de Duckie Challenge – but we do reserve the right to refuse your entry into the competition phase of the Rally if we believe your car cost considerably more than £350 or is less than 15 years old.

Therefore, at registration we need to see the following documents (more information on DUCKUMENTATION):

Tax Disc
MOT
V5
INSURANCE
DRIVERS LICENCE(S) for all drivers in the team

Also make sure that you have got breakdown and repatriation insurance cover for all the countries you will be travelling through – either through your insurance company or through the AA, RAC or Green Flag. If you do not have this then you may find a rather large bill coming your way should you break down in Slovenia or Bulgaria (of course if you find yourself in Bulgaria we recommend you should change your SatNav).

Decorate your vehicle:

Let’s not go too overboard here. Use some common sense and a decent dollop of humour.

We will award a special prize to the best decorated vehicle for the event.

We do reserve the right to refuse entry on the basis of offensive or unsuitable material – we also reserve the right to refuse entry on the basis of dangerous or poorly modified vehicles.

We have been all adult and written a full set of guidelines which can be found on the Decor Department page.

Drive your vehicle:

We are not the Gumball and you are not Jenson Button (unless of course you are) so please do not act like it.

There are no prizes for the fastest to a venue or indeed for the slowest. We do not want you to lose your license – or your life.

REMEMBER – even though you are abroad the police can and will trace you back to the UK and they will press charges.

Drive safely – many of the roads you will hopefully take are just not designed to be driven at more than 40mph so don’t push it.

If we see you driving without due care and attention we can and will take the decision to remove you from the Rally.

It is also your responsibility to equip the car with the relevant safety stuff – warning triangle, hi-visibility vests, First Aid kit and an extinguisher.

Size of Team:

Finally we strongly recommend that your team consists of at least two licensed drivers. It is a long drive just by yourself.

Similarly, unless you managed to purchase a 9-seater your team should not consist of more than 4 members. We will charge an extra registration fee for any more than 2 members (£25 per person so for the maths geniuses that means if you have 4 extra members – 6 in the car – it will cost you an extra £100).

Scrap your vehicle:

The vehicle belongs to you - it can be traced back to you so if you abandon it in a field just outside of Tachlovice it will be your responsibility and you will be fined. Your name is on the V5.

The easiest way to deal with your unwanted purchase – should you decide not to drive it back to the UK – will be to “sell” it to a registered scrap merchant or dealer in Budapest or its environs.

We will have made contact with some of these businessmen before departure but do not expect to make too much money back; you will need your V5 to scrap the car so make sure you have it with you after we have seen it on Day 1. Once you have completed the transaction you can make your way to the airport or stay extra days.

The Rally Organisers (that’s us) accept no responsibility for any abandoned vehicles and if we are informed of any left in this way we will gladly assist in providing information for prosecution.

You have been warned!

You will be asked to sign a disclaimer covering all the above – and some other legal fine-print – at registration. If you have ANY questions beforehand, ask them before you get to Registration rather than once you are there!