Idaho’s state Department of Parks and Recreation came in with legislation today to improve boating safety in the state, but ran into a hornet’s nest of questions and objections from lawmakers after they saw that the bill wouldn’t let anyone under 14 operate a boat or personal watercraft unless directly supervised by an adult; would have required everyone in the future, including adults, to have passed a boater safety course and carry certification with them to operate on Idaho waters; and would have made it illegal to violate Coast Guard navigation rules that lawmakers on the committee had never seen and that weren’t listed in the bill/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here
Question: Should boaters be required to pass a safety course before being allowed to operate a boat on Idaho waters?
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
hornet’s nest of questions and objections from lawmakers after they saw that the bill wouldn’t let anyone under 14 operate a boat or personal watercraft unless directly supervised by an adult; would have required everyone in the future, including adults, to have passed a boater safety course and carry certification with them to operate on Idaho waters; and would have made it illegal to violate Coast Guard navigation rules that lawmakers on the committee had never seen and that weren’t listed in the bill/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here
