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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy
Now why would you want people to take the short cut to knowing the rules in New Hampshire? How many post have you done that speak to the safety issue?
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Bear Islander is pointing out an unforeseen consequence of an effort to improve boating safety in New Hampshire. In addition to answering the thread question IMO Bear Islander is pointing out a problem area. Instead of trying to hide the problem it is brought to your attention. He's not playing ostrich.
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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
I do not believe allowing internet certificates is a good idea, and I am sure that many will abuse the situation. However the question was how can you obtain a certificate. An out of state certificate is a legal option, to pretend that option does not exist, because we do not like it, is a lie. I value safety a great deal, but truth is an even more valuable commodity.
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I agree with Bear Islander on this issue. It has been discussed in other threads. Bear Islander is not
advocating this method of earning a boater education certificate, is he?
It makes no sense to some of us that NH turned off the NH Internet Boater Ed testing while still accepting Boater Ed certificates from states that that allow on-line testing (and are NASBLA approved).
That just encourages people to take a test that does not address anything that is NH specific - like the 150' rule.
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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
I have emailed state lawmakers with my belief that the education requirement should be more strict. That is an appropriate action. Providing false information is not.
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I think this Boater Education Certificate loop-hole allows for more Capt Boneheads on the lake and there seems to be no big push to fix it. BI is doing his part by expressing his opinion to the lawmakers. If there were proposed legislation to change the loop-hole in the Boater Ed on-line testing situation I'll bet you would find BI promoting and posting his feelings on that subject.
The real question we should be asking is, How can this be fixed.