Originally Posted by Donzi ZX

The reasons runs like this will be stopped for good, is not because of so-called "equipment issues". It will be because of the behaviors shown in the videos, by the participants. Sure, there may be other angles that paint different pictures, but those aren't the videos that'll be exhibited to the local governments, who will ultimately decide whether or not to ban all future events. A few YouTube cowboys will ruin it for all.

Originally Posted by LubeJobs42

Your referring to My way running all by himself, in open water with no one around him?

I thought we were talking about running too close to spectators and endangering others.

Originally Posted by klskjs

This accident was not driver error. My husband and Jeff knew what they were doing. Don't blame someone you don't even know.

Originally Posted by Boatlesss

this thread is what makes me sick about the internet and oso. i feel like these post are started and made by a bunch of liberal witch hunters. you know a group of people with zero experience in the situation at hand handing out their solution to a problem they cannot understand much less comperhind. mechanical devices to prevent the actions of two boaters determined to not let the other boater be faster than themselves. oh i know, spinning in is the problem as everything t2x says is gospel and forward thinking. no its the spectators that are at fault. no no, its the people with more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ than i have so thats the problem as no one should have that much money. lets impose regulations on the rich and fast boaters so they can be as slow as my boat. roll bars, saftey cages, gyro's (obviously no one knows that those things have to a mass in order to have an effect and the mass generally starts at 2,000 lbs, yea a ton) you really want to comment on your solution to this? i mean do you trust your life and happiness in the hands of liberals?

Originally Posted by Keith Atlanta

This seems pretty easy.... Everybodys emotions are running high but here it goes.

First, its a poker run not a race so if the coast guard accidentally lets a boat onto the poker run course, the PR boats yield to him/slower boat and its a neutral course.... If not - disqualified. In Florida you have manatee zones (no wake zones) from the shore to a main causeway. In the causeway, you can run at speed. Spectators stay within 100 yards of the shore. All PR boats have to stay within 100 yards of the center line. If there isnt enough room, you are having the poker run in the wrong place. Some of the footage shows areas that seem pretty narrow for boats to go 3 wide let alone 3 wide with other boat traffic.

Second, The PR committe has to designate some zones as caution or slower area. You dont obey and a ref sees you - disqualified. In wider areas designate it as that, a free for all. In the meantime you get DQ'd if the areas dont permit enough "room" to put 30 boats doing 150 MPH.

Done, I am now sponsoring a poker run in Palm Beach thru all the Manatee zones.... C'mon Down.

Originally Posted by Keith Atlanta

And another thing, Drag car parachutes pulling a shroud to decrease full deployment and/or a compressed air blast blast to blow it out. Drag chutes are less than $500. I find it hard to believe that this couldnt be a cost effective solution. Initially, it could be manual. But, I am 99% confident that they have a cheap gyroscope that would deploy the chute under pre-programmed conditions under $1000. On $500K+++ boats this would be less money than the GPS's in the dash and it would save your life.

There, I've laid it out for you.... PM me to get an address to send me royalty checks...

Originally Posted by hceb357sr1

me and my wife bought a new boat this summer. And yes its a fast boat. We decided to got to the cumberland poker run and enter. i blew a drive up the week before so i called and they were nice enough to refund me entirely. my wife has been a little leary about running in this type of environment. we ran all summer in different go fast situations trying to get her comfortable. so, she said she was finally ready! we were both crushed that we couldnt go, but were looking forward to next year. But after watching these videos she is SCARED to death to even spectate. i love this sport, surely there are rules and regulations that can be put in place to make driving and spectating alot more SAFE. i understand the RUSH and EGO but there has to be some limitations!!!!

Originally Posted by Keith Atlanta

The rest of your statement is fair but the gyro part is wrong. If it were to deploy any type of parachute, anchor, blow up doll, whatever... to keep the back of the boat down, it would successfully deploy just about anything.

Originally Posted by klskjs

This whole thread makes me sick to even read. Show some respect for me and my babies and quit placing blame on Jeff who was driving or my husband who was on the throttles. I can assure you no one knew a boat or could throttle better than Brad.