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jrc · 07-29-2007, 08:27 AM

Other than asking for an education cert, this would have been handled the same way twenty years ago. Maybe not thirty years ago, back in the 70's, when drunk driving was a sport.

You did something unsafe to draw their attention, the docking lights. They check it out, you give them attitude, they think drinking, it's wired in their brain. How are they supposed to know you have no alcohol on board? They pull up to a pontoon with 11 passengers including kids, they think overload and PFD. At that point they have to do a safety check. What if your boat was only rated for 10? They can't tell that from a distance.

Their big fear, a drunk driver with a pontoon full of kids crashes at night and they could have stopped it.

BTW Driving with docking lights or spot lights is dangerous and rude, but I don't think it's illegal.

07-29-2007, 08:27 AM	#11
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	What's changed? Other than asking for an education cert, this would have been handled the same way twenty years ago. Maybe not thirty years ago, back in the 70's, when drunk driving was a sport. You did something unsafe to draw their attention, the docking lights. They check it out, you give them attitude, they think drinking, it's wired in their brain. How are they supposed to know you have no alcohol on board? They pull up to a pontoon with 11 passengers including kids, they think overload and PFD. At that point they have to do a safety check. What if your boat was only rated for 10? They can't tell that from a distance. Their big fear, a drunk driver with a pontoon full of kids crashes at night and they could have stopped it. BTW Driving with docking lights or spot lights is dangerous and rude, but I don't think it's illegal.