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Originally Posted by Tank151
Although there are boneheads operating other types of watercraft, my experience generally rates PWC operators as the most unsafe. It's one of the reasons they have been "banned" from areas or outright on several lakes in NH.
Tank
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While I would certainly agree that there are some very reckless PWC operators (including the 12 year old that hit you, and the owner of the PWC he was riding), there are reckless drivers fo all boat types. Which are there more of? I don't know. PWCs get the recognition, mainly because people don't like them and are watch them closer. Maybe it is because there are more of them. I can tell you this, there are many many responsible PWC riders.
However, I do disagree with your assertion that PWCs or "ski craft" were banned from any areas or lakes due to reckless behavior of PWC riders. At least that is how it appears on paper, as the reasons are cited as size of the body of water etc. Can't really define "reckless" in legal terms (too many variables), and they can't say they are banned because waterfront property owners didn't like them, so they went with size of the body of water.