Re: [Paddlewise] Safety Responsibility and Roof Ra

From: Michael Neverdosky <MichaelN_at_cycat.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 11:40:29 +0000
No one on the list has died because of a missed roll, lack of flotation
devices, lack of warm gear, poor planning etc.
Just because we are not dead yet is not a good reason to not use due
care in all aspects of kayaking.

I don't have a problem with people taking risks FOR THEMSELVES, I do
have a problem with people who impose their risks on ME.
If I am behind you on the freeway, the biggest risk is to me if your boat
comes off. You are not the one who might have to swerve to miss the
boat on the road, or worse have a boat stuck through your windshield.
Your problem would be dealing with the mess after the fact.

I don't have to have it happen to ME to know that a risk is real.

michael

gulfstream_at_flinet.com wrote:
> 
> All of the following verbiage is undermined by the fact that no one on this
> list has lost a boat due to unavoidable mechanical failure.
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