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Tennessee Boaters Killed By Tug and Barges
On 24/06/2010 6:11 AM, I am Tosk wrote:
In ,
says...
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:32:18 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:
I have been there and almost got run over.. How you can miss it? I don't
know it's huge but the one that crept up on my was like a big silent
planed slipping in in the night... No lights on the front of the barges,
it was crazy.
I thought the front barge was required to have running lights and a
flasher.
At any rate the sun was up when this happened
No, it was dark out when it happened.. If it had a flasher, it was not
visible or at least apparent from my point of view.. All I saw was a
bright star off in the distance and it started closing fast. Turned out
it was the tug light, I barely got out of the way with my little 2 horse
motor on the little aluminum skiff.
In that case, the barge captian should get a ticket. No lights, no
horn, night...
I don't know local regs, try that in Canada and you will get charged if
they see it.
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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.
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