Brianna's Law

Isn't that what happened the last time this came around. If I remember their is a " If you were born after year " you must take the course. I think being born in 1947 I just made it under the cut.
John
LOL. I think you made the cut rather easily as
It was “if born after 1996”
 
What I always found stupid about the “born after 1996” law is that the majority of men who killed someone else while boating were drunks in their 30s and ignorant fathers
 
I think the sad fact is responsible boat operators will take the course, the week end guy who fills the cooler with beer, & fills the boat with kids, I'm not so sure. Once again it comes down to enforcement. In NY fisherman can get the salt water registry for free with a 2 min phone call, or a couple taps on a keyboard, & look how many can't be bothered. How many of those guys & gals will invest, I don't know how many dollars & 8hrs to take a course. I'm not optimistic.
John
 
I think the sad fact is responsible boat operators will take the course, the week end guy who fills the cooler with beer, & fills the boat with kids, I'm not so sure. Once again it comes down to enforcement. In NY fisherman can get the salt water registry for free with a 2 min phone call, or a couple taps on a keyboard, & look how many can't be bothered. How many of those guys & gals will invest, I don't know how many dollars & 8hrs to take a course. I'm not optimistic.
John
Random inspections, fines and having to pay to have the boat towed ...
 
Pequa-1 The born after May 1st 1996 requirement was to slowly move the population toward having everyone take a Safe Boating Course. It was also for the politicians to avoid the "wrath" of the older seasoned boater. There were always proposals to slowly move the date back a few years at a time.
 
Pequa-1 The born after May 1st 1996 requirement was to slowly move the population toward having everyone take a Safe Boating Course. It was also for the politicians to avoid the "wrath" of the older seasoned boater. There were always proposals to slowly move the date back a few years at a time.
Didn’t work huh ?:) In some ways i hope there will be no grandfathering although there probably will be. Enforcement unfortunately is the key and that’s unlikely. Sort of the police bringing chalk after a home invasion. Not a case of better late than never
 
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I think we all agree that on land, water, or air, the only way these safety requirements will have any effect is with enforcement, & on water that lays the burden at the feet of a group of Officers that are presently stretched pretty thin.
John
 
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