On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:56:01 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


All sounds reasonable. I wonder how other states handle it.

In New Jersey, that's been the law for roughly 10 years. Don't quote me
on the penalties, but I believe if you are convicted for a first offense
BUI, you loose your boating operator's license for a year, and your
automobile driver's license for either 3 months, or a year, depending on
your Blood Alcohol Level. Fines, and the big expense, insurance rates,
are additional. New Jersey has been known to set up checkpoints on the
water and at the ramps, and have a special "field sobriety" test for
boaters.