>> In my research to fight the bill several things became evident. 80% of the fatalities in boats nationwide occur when the victim was not wearing a PFD. But if you looked deeper it becomes apparent that the fatality rate is more closely tied to the experience level of the boater. >> Maybe the bill could be altered to require a minimum 500 hours of on-water experience before a person can go on the water. ;-) Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 07 2003 - 08:56:22 PST
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