psneeld
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I have considered installing this on my boat for night travel. Turning them off when encountering boats head on is a given.
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My question to the forum, are they legal?
Having them is not illegal..They are installed on many USCG vessels....and don't be cute to say the Coasties have machine guns but that doesn't make them legal for us...
They are allowed for docking purposes just about everywhere...the link Flywright posted to Pennsylvania said except for docking their use is illegal.
I'm on the water at night several times a week in NJ during the boating season...the use of all kinds of lights seems to be ignored by LEOs as they realize whatever people use to make cruising at night safer...so be it. If it looks like the abusers are making a pest of themselves...maybe they get stopped and given a citation or warning...but I have never seen it or heard of it.
Usually...the people that are clueless and blinding other boaters occasionally...they usually get blasted back and figure it out...for as many people blinding each other out there and I never see or hear of accidents from those issues...seems to me to be a big deal over nothing and I'm pretty sure the LEOs probably feel the same way...maybe not everyplace but I'd bet most.
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