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Old 04-04-2019, 02:30 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by psneeld View Post
Unless this is a case of misinformation....


From a thread not too long ago, this is one case where the captain/owner/operator should not have been and maybe a passenger should have stepped in....
Wifey B: Makes me think of the campaign "Friends don't let friends drive drunk." Well, yes they do. Every day. Toss into this one "Friends don't let friends go too fast at night on the water."

Not one person on the boat with an ounce of good sense and the guts to use it?

I remember when Jose Fernandez and his two friends went on the fatal night run. A couple of friends said no, because of fear for their own safety. Why didn't they stop him though? Didn't want to lose a friend? See how that worked out.

Is it meddling or inappropriate to try to protect ourselves and our friends?

I'd rather lose a friend by doing the right thing than by standing by and doing nothing.

I just felt psneeld highlighted something all the rest of us were missing, that while legally the responsibility falls to the operator (and/or owner), what about the passengers and what about the other boat full of friends following them. Don't they all share some moral responsibility?
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