Appropriate force

[[TC] Brad]

The rule is:

Rule 5.4 - Force / Physical Contact Wrote:Any force used must be calculated and tactical. The direct impact of intentional contact should cause very minor or ideally no damage to either car. Ramming is forbidden.

So, the interpretation of that is that any force should be appropriate (e.g. as you mentioned it takes wildly different levels of force to cause damage on an FZ5 vs UF1).

It obviously doesn't turn-back-time or resolve the issue immediately, but reporting cops who use excessive force is the suggested option. If cops do a questionable move and get away with it, they're more likely to deem that acceptable and do it again, which just causes a general deterioration of driving skill & judgement over time.