Mandatory Kill Switch Use- anybody else see this??
01-15-2021 | 07:08 AM
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1000`s of new laws get passed every year, nanny state laws like turn on your headlights if your wipers are on.
How about you build me some roads and schools and whatever other essential service that are needed, protect the border and stay the hell out of my life . I want less government involved in my life , not more.
How about you build me some roads and schools and whatever other essential service that are needed, protect the border and stay the hell out of my life . I want less government involved in my life , not more.
01-15-2021 | 07:12 AM
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Key point, people think its politicians driving these laws when it's really the very system these people seek to defend with lobbying making a mockery of it. I'm in the building trades and the amount of ridiculous codes being introduced are direct result of lobbying efforts and yes...fire codes (I know I know). And don't get me started on new energy codes...ALL lobby driven. You gotta look past the obvious and dig into the details of this stuff.
01-18-2021 | 10:59 AM
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Bingo ! Gold Star, Now Y’all have the root of the problem. Has anyone tried getting insurance on "High Performance" Boats lately? I was questioned for 15min on the phone about my background, ownership history, and use of the boat. This is just the Government giving to the big insurance company supporters. Wear it or don't, but if you don't you can expect to pay out on the lawsuit and continue to pay the lender back for the boat loan since you were dropped.
01-18-2021 | 11:13 AM
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I get where you are coming from, but it's not about ONLY your safety. It saves lives, yours, and others, just like seatbelts in cars; which has been law in all 50 states and beyond for years. Motorcycle mandatory helmet laws are really the only mandatory safety devices for YOUR protection, and no one else.
Boats, are really the only major vehicle category where an operator could become disabled, dislodged, or ejected, and the throttle still stays applied.
Such has been known to hurt, maim, and kill may people as a secondary incident.
Pardon the tangent, but follow along:
In theory, even you wearing your seatbelt in your car save my life; (just like the lanyard).
1) It prevents you from being ejected out of your vehicle and becoming a projectile. A projectile that could cause bodily harm or more.
2) It prevents you from becoming "something" I have to avoid with evasive action with my vehicle, after you've been ejected.
3) It could provide you the security to regain control and avoid a secondary impact (with my vehicle), if you have your seatbelt on, and stay conscious behind the controls (instead of displaced), you could potentially apply braking or steering inputs to avoid a secondary incident.
Boats, are really the only major vehicle category where an operator could become disabled, dislodged, or ejected, and the throttle still stays applied.
Such has been known to hurt, maim, and kill may people as a secondary incident.
Pardon the tangent, but follow along:
In theory, even you wearing your seatbelt in your car save my life; (just like the lanyard).
1) It prevents you from being ejected out of your vehicle and becoming a projectile. A projectile that could cause bodily harm or more.
2) It prevents you from becoming "something" I have to avoid with evasive action with my vehicle, after you've been ejected.
3) It could provide you the security to regain control and avoid a secondary impact (with my vehicle), if you have your seatbelt on, and stay conscious behind the controls (instead of displaced), you could potentially apply braking or steering inputs to avoid a secondary incident.
as Sherman potter would say. ‘horse hockey!’
01-18-2021 | 12:19 PM
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Some laws are good, some aren't, to cast a blanket over their entirety is short sighted. I have no problem with a lanyard law, I've never not worn one. However using an ounce of water in my washing machine to get clothes clean is utter baloney. What's the point of a washing machine that doesn't use water or get your clothes clean? Over-reach for sure.
01-18-2021 | 04:42 PM
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Kill switch solution
I’m not a huge fan of kill switch lanyards either.
with a single engine boat a lanyard wasn’t too bad. But when I get a twin engine boat i didn’t like having to connect 2 lanyards, so I went to west marine an got a wireless kill switch. It works great. If I get thrown overboard or walk 20 feet from my boat engines cut off.I wear a watch ban sensor that connects me to my boat the switch is made by Fell Marine.
with a single engine boat a lanyard wasn’t too bad. But when I get a twin engine boat i didn’t like having to connect 2 lanyards, so I went to west marine an got a wireless kill switch. It works great. If I get thrown overboard or walk 20 feet from my boat engines cut off.I wear a watch ban sensor that connects me to my boat the switch is made by Fell Marine.
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01-18-2021 | 04:50 PM
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I’m not a huge fan of kill switch lanyards either.
with a single engine boat a lanyard wasn’t too bad. But when I get a twin engine boat i didn’t like having to connect 2 lanyards, so I went to west marine an got a wireless kill switch. It works great. If I get thrown overboard or walk 20 feet from my boat engines cut off.I wear a watch ban sensor that connects me to my boat the switch is made by Fell Marine.
with a single engine boat a lanyard wasn’t too bad. But when I get a twin engine boat i didn’t like having to connect 2 lanyards, so I went to west marine an got a wireless kill switch. It works great. If I get thrown overboard or walk 20 feet from my boat engines cut off.I wear a watch ban sensor that connects me to my boat the switch is made by Fell Marine.
My boat is a twin and has a single lanyard, I use one of the wrist straps. The only issue I have is forgetting its on and sometimes walking to get a rope and pulling it out.
01-18-2021 | 05:27 PM
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Haha know that feeling. It always happens when there’s a ton of people that are trying to help to check your boat out and you are just too far away from the dock to play it off like a Captain Ron move and you have to scramble back to restart the boat.
01-18-2021 | 08:44 PM
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