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re: Teen killed on 4th of July boating accident on Blind River; driver booked, DWI
Posted on 7/5/22 at 12:36 pm to mikelbr
Posted on 7/5/22 at 12:36 pm to mikelbr
In the case of the Dr I tend to agree, there’s an argument to be made.
In this situation the captain of the boat still shared responsibility for allowing the kids to do something that stupid, and his impairment probably contributed due to his reaction time being altered. I don’t have a problem with the charges in this case, the basic facts are a disaster waiting to happen.
In this situation the captain of the boat still shared responsibility for allowing the kids to do something that stupid, and his impairment probably contributed due to his reaction time being altered. I don’t have a problem with the charges in this case, the basic facts are a disaster waiting to happen.
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Posted on 7/5/22 at 12:44 pm to mikelbr
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automatically blaming the barely drunk guy
We have this stupid tendency to widen the net instead of increasing the punishment, and it has resulted in some very low blood alcohol levels being considered over the limit. Instead, we should have kept the levels higher and radically increased the punishment. How about one year in jail for the first offense and five for the second? But only if they are actually intoxicated.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 12:48 pm to Kadjin
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his impairment probably contributed due to his reaction time being altered.
If someone falls off the front of the boat while running then reaction time sober isn't going to help you. If someone survives that situation it's by sheer luck.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 12:58 pm to Saskwatch
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If someone falls off the front of the boat while running then reaction time sober isn't going to help you. If someone survives that situation it's by sheer luck.
On step absolutely, if just putt puttin around there’s time to throw it in neutral and start tilting up, pontoons do a lot of that, so just depends on what was actually going on when the accident occurred. Regardless, if I see somebody falling into the water I’m putting in neutral immediately, just to have a chance of not hitting a spinning prop at 3-5 thousand rpm’s.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 1:04 pm to Kadjin
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if just putt puttin around there’s time to throw it in neutral and start tilting up
Do you think they were putt puttin around? Yes or No
Even if they were why were passengers on the front of the boat?
This fatality occurred due to a series of disastrous choices by an individual who had no business handling a boat on the water on any day, much less the 4th of July Holiday.
This post was edited on 7/5/22 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 7/5/22 at 1:26 pm to T
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It’s amazing how people cannot just drink something besides beer/alcohol when they are the driver.
The number of posters in this thread rationalizing drinking and operating a boat is pretty amazing, it is not going to stop without severe ramifications if caught.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 1:55 pm to mikelbr
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Minding his own business driving home drunk
Posted on 7/5/22 at 2:37 pm to Saskwatch
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Do you think they were putt puttin around? Yes or No
Nothing to think about, it doesn’t say and I have no idea, which is why I mentioned both scenarios, but doesn’t really matter, in either scenario impairment could have been a factor in how he handled it, not just the reaction to the girl falling in, how he handled the boat leading up to it.
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Even if they were why were passengers on the front of the boat? This fatality occurred due to a series of disastrous choices by an individual who had no business handling a boat on the water on any day, much less the 4th of July Holiday.
I agree 100%, pretty much what I stated to begin with.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:26 pm to EA6B
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It is unbelievable to me that drinking and operating a boat is just accepted as a normal thing. A boat owner should not have to stay home on a holiday weekend because they fear for their families lives because of the large number of boaters drinking.. If you are at the controls of a boat your total alcohol consumption should be zero, if it takes a zero tolerance policy by law enforcement to change this behavior I have no issue with it.
Look at the downvotes your post is getting lol. It’s self fulfilling.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:28 pm to Kadjin
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if just putt puttin around there’s time to throw it in neutral
That was my thought as well. I doubt the guy knew to immediately get it in neutral.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:29 pm to Breauxsif
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and Bradley was struck by the boat's motor
Damn! That sucks.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:30 pm to Hogwarts
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senseless to get behind a motorized vehicle when you’ve been drinking
sober as a judge you never get in front of the railing on a pontoon boat while it's in motion, only one place to go if you fall off the front
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:46 pm to mikelbr
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Downvote away but automatically blaming the barely drunk guy b/c he's driving is misguided and stupid.
The drunk guy driving the boat is like the pilot of an aircraft - he's in charge and is responsible for the safety and well-being of his passengers. He failed this girl and will be held accountable.
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responsible drunk driver
Is this a joke?
Posted on 7/5/22 at 3:47 pm to mikelbr
It is.
Two stupid people on front boat prob drunk too.
Didn’t have enough sense to hang on.
One paid price
Other got lucky
Lots blame to go around
Two stupid people on front boat prob drunk too.
Didn’t have enough sense to hang on.
One paid price
Other got lucky
Lots blame to go around
Posted on 7/6/22 at 6:39 am to Breauxsif
Similar thing happened to a high school classmate of mine about 30 years ago.
Tragic. He was celebrating his young son’s birthday, who was in the boat with him. Just awful.
Tragic. He was celebrating his young son’s birthday, who was in the boat with him. Just awful.
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