Just a few years ago it was legal to sell bath salts and believe it or not in 1984 it was legal to drink beer while driving a car, but thankfully our legislators enacted new laws to deal with those problems. Were those laws needed? Every day our legislators have to deal with creating new legislation. But it is not easy to balance freedom with protecting the public. In this circumstance, is asking too much that a person at least knows the rules of safe boating before they hurt someone or themselves? Can you imagine what our highways would be like if no one had to pass a driving test? Thankfully, we have laws that responsible people accept because these laws were created to protect all of us.
My son had to take the boater safety course as a member of his school’s bass fishing team so my wife and I took it with him. I feel the course should be mandatory for boat ownership.
Do driving safety classes reduce the number of driving related deaths in SC?
Doubtful. People wanting more gov’t regulation into daily aspects of our lives are usually looking to trade freedom for some sense of security/safety- yet rarely does that actually happen even if when you push for gov’t to do so.
Did you read the article or did you not understand?
“U.S. Coast Guard report stated that 75 percent of deaths occurred on watercraft where the operator had no boating safety training – compared to just 16 percent of deaths in which the operator had received boating safety training.”
Randy and Karen- Thank you for your tireless cause to improve the safety of all South Carolinians, and our guests, on our rivers, lakes and oceans. I hope that the legislature is supportive of the new law, and we are able to educate the next generation of safe boat operators.
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Just what we need, more government in our lives, “for safety”.
No thanks.
Just a few years ago it was legal to sell bath salts and believe it or not in 1984 it was legal to drink beer while driving a car, but thankfully our legislators enacted new laws to deal with those problems. Were those laws needed? Every day our legislators have to deal with creating new legislation. But it is not easy to balance freedom with protecting the public. In this circumstance, is asking too much that a person at least knows the rules of safe boating before they hurt someone or themselves? Can you imagine what our highways would be like if no one had to pass a driving test? Thankfully, we have laws that responsible people accept because these laws were created to protect all of us.
My son had to take the boater safety course as a member of his school’s bass fishing team so my wife and I took it with him. I feel the course should be mandatory for boat ownership.
Do driving safety classes reduce the number of driving related deaths in SC?
Doubtful. People wanting more gov’t regulation into daily aspects of our lives are usually looking to trade freedom for some sense of security/safety- yet rarely does that actually happen even if when you push for gov’t to do so.
Did you read the article or did you not understand?
“U.S. Coast Guard report stated that 75 percent of deaths occurred on watercraft where the operator had no boating safety training – compared to just 16 percent of deaths in which the operator had received boating safety training.”
Randy and Karen- Thank you for your tireless cause to improve the safety of all South Carolinians, and our guests, on our rivers, lakes and oceans. I hope that the legislature is supportive of the new law, and we are able to educate the next generation of safe boat operators.