Posted on 09/02/2019 11:17:42 AM PDT by bgill
State law? What state?
The kill switch is on the throttle/shift control box. On tiller outboards Mercury has it mounted on the frame
“Kali’s law is named after Kali Gorzell who was killed in a boating accident back in 2012.”
Take a look at this. First line of article.
AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A new law requires boat operators to wear an emergency engine cutoff switch or a kill switch lanyard starting Sept. 1, 2019.
Read the article.
I checked with the actual law and it appears not give the owner an opportunity to install a cutoff switch buit looks like they are requiring it to be installed by the manufacturer.
Sec. 31.1071:
(2) attaches:
(b) A motorboat operator may not operate a motorboat less than 26 feet in length and equipped by the manufacturer with an engine cutoff switch while the motorboat is under way and moving at greater than headway speed without first verifying that the switch is operational and fully functional and properly attaching the lanyard or wireless attachment, as appropriate for the specific motorboat, to the operator’s body or to the clothing or personal flotation device being worn by the operator.
I looked under the Texas Wildlife and Safety requirements and the latest version did not specify the required use of the kill switch. So they haven’t got that far with their advertising I guess.
The way the law is written, it appears the switch must be installed by the manufacturer and I can understand that because it establishes a minimum standard to the law and stops the inconsistencies of home built systems.
Plus a check look at the system being used will free up the boaters to create more trust by the game wardens as you know if it is not a factory installed switch, there are people out there going to try to get off as cheap as they can and jerry rig one that is going to force the wardens to get into their system harder and find things wrong with it. Then it will force the wardens to start pulling everyone in sight that is required to have one. Might as well block the harbor and line them up.
Ain’t worth the trouble. But the $20 unit is going to be scrutinized. And each one becomes an up for grabs possibility as it may work this time, but will it work next time? And as the wardens will have to make a call after getting into the dash and observing the wiring, switch, and lanyard with everyone, you just got the morning blown for you. This is going to be a pain in the a$$.
rwood
Clipping it to a fishing net is not going to stop ther boat if the operator falls or goes unconscious as it will not kill the engine.
The law requires that boat operators of a motor boat 26 feet or less in length be physically connected to a boat’s emergency shutoff switch. Older boats that don’t have the system installed by the manufacturer don’t need them. But boats purchased from here on will so the thought of jerry rigging one will be out of the question in time as they will just write you.
If the warden finds your clip to the net, you will be issued a warning and later a $200 ticket.
rwood
That was not provided in the content cut and pasted here.
I’ll cover your next post too.
The city and state was not posted here either.
Enough of what was provided here made it look like a California story and enough of the issue at hand clear, that reading beyond this was not going to provide much further information about the new law.
Now you can dump on me all you want, that’s the long and the short of it.
Honest reasonable mistake made, and pointed out by others.
I think that’s enough, but if you want to go on and on about it, you don’t need me to do it. Later...
Take too much effort. I would rather talk about my sailboat.
“That was not provided in the content cut and pasted here.”
First line in article linked.
“Enough of what was provided here made it look like a California story and enough of the issue at hand clear, that reading beyond this was not going to provide much further information about the new law.”
False.
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I can only talk about the law they put in and my questions as to what it is going to do to the boating community.
While in central Alaska, in the military, we had a rescue boat, a Chris Craft 25 foot jet boat, 351 Cleveland marine, to handle the current of the Yukon River, about 11 knots. And it had a kill switch built by the manufacturer. I felt a lot better we had it as the Yukon can fool you easily if you don’t stay on the cut bank and if you skim a sandbar everything goes flying and the boat can hit other things in the river like 15 foot trees floating down in breakup. Can do a lot of damage and cause a lot of people injuries if the boat continues with no pilot. With the kill switch activated, the engine stalls and the boat comes down off step and will rest in the bar not looking for something else to hit.
rwood
It took me a minute or so to stop laughing, that was genius right there!!
“The way the law is written, it appears the switch must be installed by the manufacturer and I can understand that because it establishes a minimum standard to the law and stops the inconsistencies of home built systems.”
Wrong reading. Law does not apply if the manufacturer did not install a Switch.
Read the article.
A blatant lie on your part, but I know your trying your best so it’s okay.
I’m not particularly in disagreement with the law.
What I was voicing disagreement with was the idea this type of law would be addressed prior to so many major problems we have in California.
In fact the article was from Texas, so that skewed the meaning of my post.
In California we have major water problems and it impacts millions of homes. There are other issues that impact millions of homes.
So yes, it kill switch is a big deal. It’s not so much in the over scheme of things when you’re discussing water provision to tens of millions of humans, and their property/property values.
LOL!
I stated “cut and pasted here”, for us to read here.
You drag in the linked part of the story and call my comments false.
Was the first line of the story posted here?
Is English your second language, or do you just like playing the part of a horse’s ass?
I agree.
The government of California wakes up every day desperately searching for another law to pass!
In Texas, we give the bastards 6 months every other year! This leaves us with one year of complete peace unless the governor calls a special session.
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