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Originally Posted by jrc
Maybe radar should be mandatory?
I suggest, no boats on the lake without radar, GPS, Chartplotters and night vision gogles. If you don't do everything you can to prevent a collision, then you are obviously negligent. We can't let lack of a few dollars prevent safety, can we put a price on a human life?  |
Don't worry, the transponders we'll be forced to carry in a few years will also solve this problem !
Slightly more seriously (but only slightly) you could use a much cheaper (than radar) set of electronics to help in avoiding such collisions but it would require people to be co-operative. In this case where the kayakers didn't bother with lights or PFDs (or clothes even), I can't imagine any such system helping this .... hmmm ... cognitively challenged couple.
And FWIW: I still like the idea of the "all around" light being strobish in nature but on - ON vs on - off.