Posted on 09/02/2019 11:17:42 AM PDT by bgill
A new law requires boat operators to wear an emergency engine cutoff switch or a kill switch lanyard starting Sept. 1, 2019.
So what should you know and how can this affect you?
State Game Warden Shane Lewis told ABC 7, kill switches are just as important as wearing a life jacket, and he's glad now they’re legally required. “I’m actually surprised the law hadn’t been into effect prior to this, it’s a very important law and its going to really improve the safety of boating on the water,” said Lewis. “Let’s say that you were ejected from a boat and you were not wearing that kill switch, your boat could then violently stay in motion depending on the speed that is already set in.”
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7amarillo.com ...
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1. Desalinization plants not viable with current power generation state in Texas.
2. There are tons of power generation stations under construction in Texas.
3. Mainlining the homeless back into society = what we’re seeing in LA and SF. I don’t want that.
4. Technically, Texas is incapable of running budget deficits.
5. Courts have said that states cannot enforce immigration law. State can’t do much about it.
Engine kill switches have been standard equipment on almost all small boats and tiller steered outboards for at least 40 years. In the vast majority of cases, it’s just a small plastic clip with a lanyard that is attached to the driver. More recently, there are electronic versions (google FELL MARINE) where the driver wears a “man overboard (MOB) device” that kills the engine if he moves more than XX feet from the helm, or the device is submerged in water. There are also MOB devices for passengers, so that if a passenger falls overboard, the kill switch sounds an alert tone.
Just like when seatbelt laws were passed, it took folks a long time to get onboard. Even though almost all small boats have engine kill switches, probably less than half of people use them. On boats, I think it’s going to be hard to enforce, as even when people aren’t using them, the lanyard is hanging right there at the helm, and in most cases it won’t be obvious that you are not using it.
Israel now gets over 70% of it’s fresh water from desalinization.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/desalination-isnt-the-magic-bullet-water-authority-warns-israelis/
There are not tons of power stations under construction in California
You don’t want to see people off the street and contributing to their own cost of living? First Conservative I’ve seen own up to that view.
California can spend into deficits now.
States can refrain from allowing cities, counties, and the state itself to be a Sanctuary entity.
Ummmmm, you failed reading comprehension. This is about a TEXAS law in the state of TEXAS named after a TEXAS girl who was killed by a TEXAS boater who lost control of his boat.
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
Not damn California.
Can you get one for your sailboat?
Thank you. I thought it was my idiotic state, since it’s the type of thing they spend their time on constantly.
Calm down. It’ll be okay.
Take a look at this and see if you might figure out why I referenced it from California terms?
“Kali’s law requires boaters to wear a kill switch lanyard
abc7 ^ | Sept. 1, 2019 | Maria Serrano”
Kali is a common term for California these days.
There is an ABC(7) affiliate in Los Angeles.
Ahem: “(Excerpt) Read more at abc7amarillo.com ...”
There’s an Amarillo in the People’s Republik Of Kaleephonia with an ABC7?
That can be solved by you hiring an undocumented deck hand to ride along on your excursions...
Yes, actually. There’s one that will drop your anchor if you go overboard.
Neither the title, the source, or the body of the text provided mentioned Amarillo or Texas.
None of the responses in the thread contributions I read did either.
You’re getting upset over a nothing burger.
I use mine, it's a good idea.
What’s next, get fired from a job and police take you in for a psych examination?
I wear in on the jet ski because its stupid not to. But on my pontoon boat it would be quite stupid.
The law only requires the use of the kill switch when underway at "headway speed" or greater. Lot's of tasks require the helmsman to leave the helm, but not as likely when going over 6 kts unless there is some emergency.
Texas
I have an older outboard that I use with my Zodiac. It doesn’t have a kill switch but I do want to get one for it.
I have a 40 ft sailboat with a 44 hp diesel engine.
Are they saying I have to have a kill switch too?
Actually, there is one on the engine and right now it’s the only way to turn off the engine. We need to replace the button in the cockpit....along with other things. She is 30+ years old now. Built like a rock.
We’re in Savannah, GA right now, being stalked by a turtle. Hoping the turtle is detracted enough to go way out to sea.
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