Citizen Article - The Other Side

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

The applicability of the USCG data to our situation on Winnipesaukee and just exactly how this data can/should be interpreted seems to be a good place for factual analysis. Problem is that "we" don't have the data to look at. When we get past the holidays I'll send an e-mail to the USCG to see if there's anyway mere mortals can get access to the boating accident reporting database (BARD). For instance they list % of fatalities that had speed in excess of X mph and they list % fatalities by boat-boat collisions but not the intersection of the 2. I think the answer to this question would be interesting. Perhaps we all could come up with some other database inquiries (look at the form to see what's possible) we'd like to see ?

From the USCG :

"Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting the US Coast Guard Recreational Boating Safety Infoline.

We do not have the information that you are seeking available to us here at the Infoline, however, we will be forwarding your e-mail on to a specialist. If you have not received a response within 48 business hours, please feel free to contact us.

For more information on U.S. Coast Guard Office of Recreational Boating Safety, please visit our website at www.uscgboating.org. If you need additional information, please call the infoline at 1-800-368-5647.

Thank you
Larry
U.S. Coast Guard Infoline "

I'll let you know what, if anything, comes from this.

[Island Lover]

Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

From the USCG :

"Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting the US Coast Guard Recreational Boating Safety Infoline.

We do not have the information that you are seeking available to us here at the Infoline, however, we will be forwarding your e-mail on to a specialist. If you have not received a response within 48 business hours, please feel free to contact us.

For more information on U.S. Coast Guard Office of Recreational Boating Safety, please visit our website at www.uscgboating.org. If you need additional information, please call the infoline at 1-800-368-5647.

Thank you
Larry
U.S. Coast Guard Infoline "

I'll let you know what, if anything, comes from this.

Can you please post the question you are asking them?

Thanks

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Island Lover

Can you please post the question you are asking them?

Thanks

It's on the home PC so when I get back tomorrow AM I'll dig it up. Basically I asked if the BARD (database) was accessible to the general public or if the general public could pose questions/queries to the database to get correlations not available in the yearly report. For example what is the cross correlation of boat collisions and speed of boats (where speed was input). Looking at the USCG forms there aren't that many fields so it just might be possible that the whole enchilada could be downloadable in a MS Access readable form. I'm not betting the farm on it though ....