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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:19:24 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 22/06/2010 6:59 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Tragic:

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/cre...-capsized.html

Terrible loss of life. Not even wearing life jackets... sad.

Darwinian actually.

It is law, if you are in a shipping lane or channel, and you are more
manouvable you ge tthe frac out of the way. Unless you have diver flags
out, then the barge would be at fault.

Would be interesting to see who they blame.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

Unless there are facts we're not privy to, I think it's pretty obvious who
has the majority of the fault. But, I suspect that the barge operator will
take some percentage blame. Even if she was doing everything 'right', she
would still have the obligation to avoid a collision.


If you are a captain pushing a barge train, there isn't much you can
do to avoid a collision.
9 barges at a couple million pounds each are not going to turn on a
dime and it might take a couple miles to stop them.
About he can do is blow his horn.

Perhaps. Did he blow said horn? If not or if he didn't see the boat, then I
believe he'll have some percentage fault.