Comments on: Video: Road/Water Safety Press Conference

By: Birdlegs

Birdlegs — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:20:45 +0000

It’s about time for boat users needing to pass a test. There are so many idiots operating boats. This includes commercial operators who should be tested annually. I have seen examples of commercial operators being the worst recently.

By: RastaCutty

RastaCutty — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:44:59 +0000

Oh lord. MP Dennis Lister III, you are Chair of the road safety council and what actually have you done? Still to this day one can not go to a bar to have a drink and have decent options to get home. Taxi’s are extremely difficult to get, hitch is useless and buses don’t go at night. Please can you actually come up with solutions for people to get home at night? MP Michael Weeks, do not make this a money grab but actually think about this properly. You need the data first before you start just saying we need a competency test. Talk to insurance companies and get them to lower rates if people take a test. The accidents on the water are not all from beginners, many are from very experienced boats. One of the big issues is the lighting of channels. Try going from dockyard to town at night and you will notice half the channel markers are burnt out. Get some feedback before instituting a boat test just so you can make money.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:38:10 +0000

I’m sure these two really feel like they’ve accomplished something grand that will make a huge difference to our safety .. lol
We already have all of these regs for the roads after all and look at the difference it made to all the mayhem and lunacy !
I did forecast some time back that I could see formal legislation for the electric bikes though .
If they ever start to talk about the huge drug problem we admit we have on this island and that a massive amount of road users are under the influence of more than just booze then I’ll start to listen to them.

By: wahoo

wahoo — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:07:05 +0000

By all means there should be a boaters competency exam it should include etiquette and rules of the road as well as basic navigation – no fee. Insurance needs to be mandatory and should have a clean up clause incase the boat is wrecked or destroyed by storms.

By: sage

sage — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:07:42 +0000

So electric bicycles, introduced a couple years ago will need license and insurance because they can go 40kph but boats will need a “competency exam”, but no license or insurance needed, and we apparently only just legislated against DUI on the water. What is the allowable amount of alcohol for buses and taxis? Tour boat/ferry drivers is now .5 and .8 for regular boaters and road users.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:28:39 +0000

How about a competency test for MPs? After all you can get elected with absolutely no knowledge or experience, and it shows.

By: red rose

red rose — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:48:35 +0000

these must be the two most ineffective committees ever