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Search results for "boating accidents" ...
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"State 7th in U.S. in boat mishaps accidents"
Arizona has one of the highest boating accident rates in the country. It is also one of the only states to not have boater education laws or require boat operators to take any type of education course before going out on the water. The National Transportation Safety Board has been urging Arizona to create and enforce such safety laws to decrease the number of accidents.
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board; boating accidents; personal watercraft; Arizona State Parks Department; Sen. Linda Gray; Game and Fish
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A Perilous Place to Play, Navigate
The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri is the third-most accident-prone waterway in the U.S., after the Atlantic Ocean and the Colorado river, according to U.S. Coast Guard boating accident data from 1995-2004.
Tags: Lake of the Ozarks; boats; accidents; boating accidents; Coast Guard
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Peril on the water
Missouri has the most alcohol related boating accidents of any state. The authors crunched the numbers, looked for possible reasons for the high rate of accidents, and discussed legal options to encourage less drinking on the lakes.
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard; boats; boating; accidents; intoxication; Lake of the Ozarks; CAR; computer assisted reporting
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Sobering the Waters
Governing reports that "drunken boating kills hundreds of Americans every year. But the logistics of dealing with it aren't easy to handle." The story reveals that DUI laws are difficult to enforce when it comes to boating.
Tags: boats; alcohol abuse; transportation; safety; homicide; boating accidents; law; blood alcohol threshold
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Caught off Guard
In this article Yeomans examines the deteriorating state of the U.S. Coast Guard through the example of the Heather Lynne II, a small fishing boat that capsized in 1996, drowning its three crew members. The Coast Guard was blamed for negligence on their part because it took nearly two hours to reach the drowned men; the Coast Guard has constantly stated that its resources are stretched too thin to adequately perform its duties; in 1996 the agency's size had been cut by 4,000 people and it's budget by $400 million.
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard; sailing; boating accidents
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In Search of Safer Waters
This CAR investigation reveals that boats, inexperience and bad decisions are responsible for Wisconsin's boat accidents. Preliminary data shows that this summer may have been one of the safest years in boating, but officials attribute that to the weather than a trend in safety measures.
Tags: CAR; boat; boating accidents; boater; water safety; race boat
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Boating deaths rising; most didn't use life vest
The Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal reports that "Most people who died in recreational boat accidents last year (1998) in Florida drowned, and the vast majority of them weren't wearing life jackets. It's a long-term trend reflected in most waterways in the nation, but not in state laws governing safety on the water."
Tags: Marine safety; legislation; public safety; EPA; state government
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Dangerous Waters
As boat traffic has increased in the State of Missouri, so have accidents, arrests, injuries and deaths. Missouri is one of the most dangerous states for boaters, according to an analysis of U.S. Coast Guard data. The agency tracks serious accidents, those involving injury or death, or damage exceeding $500.
Tags: water; lake; fatalities
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Problems with Cleaner Burning Gasoline
KGO "uncovered evidence that cleaner burning gas causes fuel system leaks, leading to dangerous car fires and deadly boat accidents." The investigation reveals that the state's testing program has dismissed numerous leaks in the past.
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WFLA-TV (Tampa, Fla.) investigates numerous consumer complaints against a large power boat dealership; exposes a pattern of fraud that cheated and even ruined some families; finds the boat dealer sold boats previously damaged in accidents and finds the dealer filed scores of lawsuits against consumers, forcing them to buy boats they didn't want, July 12 - 14, 1988.