RE: [Paddlewise] PFDs

Although it is possible, I doubt that a requirement by the operators of tour
boats for PFD use is based on a government law intended to tak all risk out
of life.

Perhaps the tour operators themselves decided that they wanted to limit
their liability and they chose to require PFDs.

Perhaps the insurance companies that insure the tour operators, require PFDs
as a condition for insurance.

Either of these would be free market based business decisions.  As such they
should appease even the most strident libertopian worshiper of the free
market god.

Dana Dickson 


 > -----Original Message-----
 
 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:02:18 -0700
 > From: "Mark Sanders" <sandmarks_at_attbi.com>
 > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PFDs
 > 
 > Slightly off the topics of kayaks, I was in Maui a couple 
 > months ago and
 > signed up for an expensive snorkeling tour to Lania. While 
 > reading different
 > reviews of the tour, I found out that they required all 
 > snorkelers to wear
 > PFDs! I called and confirmed it with the tour opperator and 
 > canceled my
 > tour. I think a lot of the arguments made here for PFD use 
 > would suggest
 > snorklers should use them, but I'm not going to be one of 
 > them. I think the
 > idea that we need the govmint to pass laws to take all the 
 > risk out of life
 > is ridiculous.    Mark Sanders
 
 > 
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