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May 25th, 2015, 03:29 PM
#21
Sorry if it comes across as anger when I have to play "Captain Obvious".
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May 25th, 2015 03:29 PM
# ADS
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May 25th, 2015, 03:33 PM
#22
Wearing a life jacket while in a boat, increases your chances of survival.... So percentage wise you are better off with it then without it....
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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May 25th, 2015, 05:50 PM
#23
Auto-Inflatable lifejackets really make it easy nowadays.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
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May 26th, 2015, 06:14 AM
#24
Has too much time on their hands
This year for the first time on Graham Lake the CO’s were out. My 12 yr old girl does not fit the “kids” life jacket anymore and we have a body glove medium life jacket for her. When he stopped us, 5 adults over 65, me at 52 (only one who had to produce a fishing license lol)and daughter at 12, he made us all prove life jackets. He showed us that her medium could still slip over her head while wearing it. I was waiting for the fine (and rightly so), he let us off. Full check, lights, battery with working light, throw line (safety kit) registration, boaters license. Was impressed about booster cables, first aid kit, tow rope, extra fuel separator & fuel filter, prop (with nut and cotter pin). I was polite and respectful and he went on his way. They were driving a Lund Rebel 16ft with no markings and very small patches of MNR on sleeves. They got 8 of the 15 people they stopped that day for fines. The original owner of the park said in 30 yrs, this was first time he ever seen them. We do not wear life jackets on our 22 ft pontoon boat, unless small kids or those who say they do not swim. You can never be too prepared!!!
Mark Snow, Leader Of The, Ontario Libertarian Party
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May 26th, 2015, 07:35 AM
#25
It took decades before they "got it right" with 3 point seatbelts... and even those aren't perfect. I have an auto racing background and have used 5/6pt harnesses... As great as they are, I know they'll never see life in a passenger vehicle. And even 5/6pt belts aren't perfect; a tightly restrained body and a helmet on your head is also a recipe for disaster. Now many racing organizations require the use of a HANS (head and neck restraint) type device, which fastens to your helmet and is braced to your body (various designs). I know people who have died in head-on collisions in cars without HANS devices, and people who have crashed shortly after the implementation of the HANS into racing and vowed to never get in a race car without one again. They spoke of the incredible difference they felt when the straps went tight and their head stopped moving without bending/stressing their neck and spinal column. But will we ever see 6 point harnesses and HANS-type devices in consumer vehicles? I highly doubt it!
Windshields weren't always laminated glass. And the transition wasn't perfect either. Glass necklace anyone?
Back to the first post in this whole mess though... Is there anything wrong with promoting the use of safety equipment in the photographs we post and publish online?
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May 26th, 2015, 07:40 AM
#26
It's all about risk assessment. Some people are capable of it and Darwin gets the rest, to would if it were not for helmets, seat belts, PFD's, etc.
if I am out in dodgy conditions I wear mine. When sitting in my 12 ' running my trolling motor I don't. I also don't stand up and try to take a leak over the side....or land a fish.
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May 26th, 2015, 07:45 AM
#27
Originally Posted by
northernontario
It took decades before they "got it right" with 3 point seatbelts... and even those aren't perfect. I have an auto racing background and have used 5/6pt harnesses... As great as they are, I know they'll never see life in a passenger vehicle. And even 5/6pt belts aren't perfect; a tightly restrained body and a helmet on your head is also a recipe for disaster. Now many racing organizations require the use of a HANS (head and neck restraint) type device, which fastens to your helmet and is braced to your body (various designs). I know people who have died in head-on collisions in cars without HANS devices, and people who have crashed shortly after the implementation of the HANS into racing and vowed to never get in a race car without one again. They spoke of the incredible difference they felt when the straps went tight and their head stopped moving without bending/stressing their neck and spinal column. But will we ever see 6 point harnesses and HANS-type devices in consumer vehicles? I highly doubt it!
Windshields weren't always laminated glass. And the transition wasn't perfect either. Glass necklace anyone?
Back to the first post in this whole mess though... Is there anything wrong with promoting the use of safety equipment in the photographs we post and publish online?
There is if intelligence goes out the window - as OOD has done with the silliness around having big game tags visible in all photos. Wearing a life jacket (or not) is not the big issue for most boaters and for many who think it is - the life jackets they are using will not provide them the security they think it will (protection from hypothermia, unconsciousness).
Last edited by werner.reiche; May 26th, 2015 at 07:48 AM.
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May 26th, 2015, 08:15 AM
#28
Just as important as wearing a PFD is using the teather on your motor/ignition switch. Mine is attached to my PFD. I like to troll more than still fish. Falling overboard would really suck if your boat just kept on going,especially,when water temp is really low this time of year,although,it would certainly make body recovery easier.
If a tree falls on your ex in the woods and nobody hears it,you should probably still get rid of your chainsaw. Just sayin'....
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