Another Example
Of the pinheads in Concord making regulations that in no way effect safety on the lake. Most of our representatives have never owned a boat. There is only one incident that I can think of where no one was hurt.
I will not use a lanyard on my 23-foot bowrider. As commenters have mentioned, the switch is too sensitive and using the lanyard would potentially cause more of a safety issue than not using it. I will keep the lanyard connected to the switch and not in the glovebox in the event I'm pulled over, which has happened only once in 40+ years of boating. (I forgot to put my registration on the hull prior to my first run of the season.)
I wish the boating lobby had the same lobbyists that the motorcycle lobby has for the helmet law. We wouldn't have this idiotic law and the more idiotic speed limit law. (There, I said it!)
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