We don' want to interfere with pleasure. We just want to make it safer - for operators and swimmers. Nicholson said a couple of ideas that have been floated are a mechanism that would prevent watercraft from turning once the power is cut off and the mandatory wearing of life vests. We're trying to look at constructive things we can do. Hord said a great deal of the county's dismal boating statistic results from accidents involving rented personal watercraft.
Renters are more likely to be less experienced than other operators.
He also said alcohol and reckless operations play a role. They get in a recreational state of mind with tragic results. Hord said one recent case was particularly sad. She just looked sideways and didn' see the fixed object. Hord said fixed objects figure prominently in watercraft accidents.