Comparing the safety cert to a auto drivers license is a little off. A drivers license is a defacto national ID. You need it for a hundred things beyond driving a car.
Learning the important NH specific laws takes five minutes, if you already know the more universal boating rules. Really it's just red/black spar bouys and the 150' rule.
I had great hopes for universal safety training and I'm still holding out a little. But now I still see just as many boneheads. When I see them, I used to think they didn't know the rules, now I think they just don't care.
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