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From: Philip J. Rosch (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 21:57:20 EST
My perspective was there's already a driver's license bureaucracy so I'd
rather have the consequences of having a boating accident while
plastered be resolved through an existing mechanism as opposed to
starting a new licensing program for boat drivers. DUI, IMHO, is the
same whether you are driving a snowmobile, boat, or car.
I understand Norm's point about alcohol exacerbating incompetence, and
there may be random alcohol road blocks which condemn people who test
positive, but most people invited to blow in the bag have been driving
erratically enough to attract someone's attention.
Regards.....
Phil Rosch
Old Harbor Consulting
M/V "Curmudgeon" Marine Trader 44 TC
Currently Moored in Marathon, Vaca Key, FL
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from
the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover." - Mark Twain
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In a message dated 31-Jan-03 09:57:02 Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
(SNIP) In Texas there is no license required, but if they catch you
boating under the influence, they yank your regular driver's license.
Now that makes sense to me! Second offense should be a public hanging!
Nothing aggravates me more than drunken boat operators...
I have a big problem with that whole concept. The definition "drunk
driving" is whatever the government says it is and folks found to have
blood alcohol levels above a certain arbitrary level are persecuted, no
matter whether they are driving safely or not. Those that can will
change definitions to suit their own agendas, just like (I have been
told) Village Marine Watermakers has changed the term "lifetime" to mean
15 years. (I guess they are saying their equipment is a dog.)
Anyway, virtually all the wrecks I know about were caused by a
combination of impatience, too much speed and too little attention.
Often alcohol can increase these sins, but they cannot be measured like
blood alcohol can be, so for convenience, the simplistic bogeyman "drunk
driving" gets all the blame. Yet car wrecks continue unabated...
It is my opinion that on-the-water crashes are just not enough of a
problem to allow the government to increase their regimentation of our
lives.
Norm
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