I think you are mostly asking skaters, but as a referee I definitely call more of these penalties than I used to, so for my personal experience, I can confirm that this is happening.
The May 2024 clarification’s use of the word “immediately” changed how I call things. I used to ask myself “are they obviously trying to leave” but now it’s “have they done everything they can to get off the track ASAP.” So it’s sort of like:
- For an immediate exit to the infield, do they then position themselves to immediately get around the pack or are they just hanging out? I used to not penalize “just hanging out.” But now if it delays their “second exit” from the track, I would penalize it.
- Could they have taken a more direct angle than 45° and gotten off faster? If so, I now penalize it. Before, if their attempt to exit was “obvious,” I would have let it go.
- Same, since this is active gameplay and they cannot help but positionally block, there is now an immediacy concern I think about, versus just “obviously trying to leave but maybe taking longer than their first legal opportunity.”