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Originally Posted by JohnNH
In the event that you are not in compliance with the regulation, you MAY get a ticket and be forced to take the course + pay a fine. Many people will say "Big Deal", and continue boating. {snip} My point here is that unless there is a sufficient penalty in a regulation, there is no reason for the irresponsible boaters to have any concern for the rules.
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Any boat operator should be required to hold a boaters license and actually take a so-called road test. With an actual license requirement, boaters that break the rules get tickets under the same points system that is in place on the states highways. If you build up to many points, yes you lose your boating license, but is this enough? If the boating license is tied to your motor vehicle driver’s license and the points are applied to both, perhaps this would be sufficient cause for boaters to abide by regulations. I am not truly in favor of more laws, however, a law like this would have NO impact on safe boaters.
John/NH
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I don't disagree with the concept of a license, which could be revoked after multiple infractions as is done in the auto world. Ditto on the "road test". I would add that increasing the fines for repeated infractions should also be done. Like Propeller I'm not sure how practical it would be link boating and auto "points".