Many suffer accidents of varying severities. Upwards of two-thirds of serious accidents are thought to be due primarily to human error, this has been hard to assess. There is an integrated national recreational boating safety program that includes aspects of regulation, education, law enforcement and different forms of facilitation and assistance. On a national level, this effort is composed of the boating safety efforts of the federal government, the individual states, numerous private organizations, the boating public and industry. Nationally, it is led by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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