I've never understood why any knucklehead is allowed to get behind the steering wheel of a boat and hit the water with literally no boating safety or driving courses. It makes no sense. And it only takes one near-miss with a careless boater to realize just how dangerous this lack of safety regulations is for all of us on the water. Even so, there were plenty of people opposed to even the basic boating safety regs passed by the VA assembly this year. Here's a good summary of the new law from the Roanoke Times.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries also has a Boat Virginia safety course highlighted on its website.
The good news is eventually Virginia boaters will have to meet some basic safety guidelines and actually learn to drive before hitting the water. The bad news is none of this takes affect any time soon.
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