Richard writes: "the enforcement of "victimless-crime laws" is patently harassment;" I don't think a law requiring a PFD to be worn is necessarily victimless. The victims of a breach may be the water police and rescue personnel who have to pull bodies from the water. Post traumatic stress among rescuers is real. I recall that non-PFD boaters are disproportionately represented in boating fatality statistics. Wearing a PFD should be a considered choice, but a community has a collective right to say you must choose to wear one, via its laws. I don't mind seat-belt laws, or vehicle safety standards. What's the difference here? Regards, Peter Treby 37º 42' S 145º 08' E *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 06 2000 - 19:15:02 PDT
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