Speeding Jetskis - police action - brilliant news

[fireball]

PWCs are no more dangerous than your or my boat - it's the people driving them that make them dangerous - so yes it could be said that there needs to be a bit more 'education' - but there are already many PWC clubs where members ride responsibly ... and they're the ones who will suffer from any enforced testing or compulsory education ... the ones who don't give a **** are the ones who will continue to act irresposibly and dangerously.

Start compulsory testing on waterbourne vehicles capable of 20 knots (which includes my racing dinghy) and the limit will soon be dropped down to 15 knots (larger yachts or racing ones surfing) then 10 ... etc etc

Testing does not prevent accidents or irresposibility - just look at the carnage on the road!

 

[webcraft]

Eh?

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PWCs are no more dangerous than your or my boat

I beg to differ. There is no way I could have killed a child standing on the slipway at Kilchoan with my yacht, even if I'd tried.

Testing does not prevent accidents or irresposibility - just look at the carnage on the road!

I would venture to suggest that road deaths would be considerably higher if there was no testing . . . not a good argument.

- W

 

[nct1]

The roads are a good example, the posts on here by people who already have points realising that they are close to losing their license clearly shows there is a link between behaviour and a license that can be taken away. So the ones that did'nt give a hoot are now giving a hoot.

Laws and licenses do not stop crime for sure, but they do make life difficult for the serial offenders when policing is evident.

Yes, the "who will police it" argument is a good one..... until they insist that you have a tracker fitted to every craft, then policing will be easy peasy.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Road deaths and injuries in the UK have been falling, slowly and steadily, over the years.

Chart from National Statistics Office

 

[Elessar]

Road deaths and injuries in the UK have been falling, slowly and steadily, over the years.

Chart from National Statistics Office

And your point is?

I draw 3 conclusions from this graph.

A major safety initiative was introduced in the early 70s (oh seatbelts)
A major safety initiative was introduced in the late 80s (oh airbags)
Pedestrians have been gradually driven off the roads because of the stranglehold of the car (did you walk to school, do you let your kids?)

Adds nothing to the boat argument that I can see.

 

[Twister_Ken]

No point really, just that comparisons are being made between road and water driving licences, and that road driving has become safer. Happy to acknowledge that most of the reduction in road injuries is probably due to engineering (road and car), but speed limits, driver education, and attitudes must have played a part.

No, I didn't walk to school, I cycled. My son did the same, my daughter preferred to walk.