Well, of course one needs to be diligent and alert and not assume the other person is. Some of the issues you raise might be valid for navigation purposes, but my post referred to the legalities of navigation signals (they aren't all lights, you know) and liability issues after an incident. If the opposing team can show that your vessel, regardless of intent, displayed the wrong signals, they can move at least some of the liability to you. Regardless of what you think are ambiguities in the rules, nothing is going to make an all-around white light legal on a moving kayak powered by oars. Even if you include red/green bow lights. And remember that a vessel overtaking another vessel has an obligation to keep clear (is "burdened" in Rules-of-the-Road-speak) of the vessel being overtaken. If the overtaking vessel is going too fast to determine the status of any "white light" they see, then they are obliged to slow down or stop to determine the safe course before proceeding. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 31 2007 - 12:02:01 PDT
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