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Name:	ChrisCraft -	Reply
Subject:	Poll
Date:	5/26/2004 10:56:46 PM

What will be the average number of idiots to irritate the average boater this weekend? If I remember right, last year it was around 10 to 1.
Maybe fuel will be too expensive.....naaaaa....we could only hope....

Name:	greycove -	Reply
Subject:	Agree and an observation
Date:	5/27/2004 4:23:21 PM

It seems to me that boaters are more likely to be discourteous on the water than drivers on the highway. Maybe not, but if so, why?

Are boaters more likely to be "partying" while on the water than the road and not as clear headed?

Does the openness of the water (no traffic lights, no center lines) encourage boat operators to drive as they choose rather that being constrained by the above?

Are more boaters young proportionately than automobile drivers resulting in greater recklessness of the young?

Puzzling, especially since almost every boat driver is also an automobile driver. Is there something about the water and a boat that encourages discourteous behavior?

One of life's great mysteries!!!!!

Name:	SBsigmapi -	Reply
Subject:	Agree and an observation
Date:	5/27/2004 6:03:03 PM

Excluding PWC I actually see more disrespectful older boaters than younger ones. I myself am one of the "young ones" at 25. I constantly encounter men who seem to employ the "respect your elders" rule rather than the rules laid out in the boaters manual. Just last week I had a man that appeared to be well past forty mouth off at me when I gave him a dirty look after HE intentionally cut me off in a slough.

Most of the younger boaters took the boater safety test not too, too long ago (though some of them dont drive like it). From what I see, there are many (though not all) older boaters that would benefit from giving the book a quick review. \

As I said before, PWC are a totally different matter. There are far too many kids riding around on these things that have no sense of how their reckless driving affects other boaters. The energy it takes to watch out for them often damages the fun of boating in general.

Lets all pay attention and have a great Memorial Day Weekend.

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