Armond Perretta wrote:

I came across a post on another list in which a USCG officer was quoted as
saying that Boating Under the Influence regulations are enforceable on
anchored and moored vessels. The official cited the possibility that the
operator may be called upon to operate the anchored vessel and was thus
committing a safety violation. I can find nothing on the Internet to
support this interpretation, and suspect there _is_ nothing to support it.
The official seemed to be playing fast and loose with the definition of
"underway."

Comments?



Reminds me of my recent (and only) arrest record.

Ticketed for a seat belt violation while I was CORRECTLY wearing a seat
belt. Like many other folks, I have signed a ticket for a minor
traffic violation or two in the past, but this caught me on the wrong foot.

I was not happy when the fresh green patrolman told me he had seen me
some minutes earlier NOT wearing a seat belt while he was driving on a
5-lane highway, in the opposite direction (where the closing speeds
would have been about a hundred, I suppose.)
I didn't buy it, and I wouldn't sign.

So my wife had to bail me out an hour or two later.

No great harm done. I DID wonder about whose brother in law the tow
truck operator was, when I paid the $120 bill.
Could have been worse: one tow operator in Washington state charges
$180 MINIMUM for a police initiated tow....


Brian Whatcott Altus OK