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Fair enough. For the record, you probably are not being stopped by USFWS officers unless they have at least reasonable suspicion of a violation (and I'm using the term "reasonable suspicion" as defined by law). My agency does not do random safety checks. The Coast Guard regs allow such safety...

I think it's unfortunate that you hold OUI enforcement in such low regard that you would prefer to gum up the works than to cooperate with a five-minute stop so we can go back to looking for the guy that's gonna kill somebody's wife or child. From your perspective, other than checkpoints, if...

Thanks, I don't want start pissing off the guys I generally agree with! Ziggy, and RiverMobster, and Dave already give me enough grief.😊

I doubt the judge knew- and it certainly did not prevent his arrest. What worked in his favor is that she was a public defender for 20 years and became a judge last year.

The instructors who taught me indicated that this test is much more about how alcohol affects your mental faculties- does not measure balance at all, so differs from standard roadside test in important ways. Inability to follow instructions is something that we consider as a possible clue to...

I think I said it may impair you but that I would have to prove that it impaired you. At the so called "per se" limit of .08 the law says that there is a legal presumption you are impaired and we have a second OUI charge for you. Below that level, I must show you are impaired and to do that I...

We use the new "seated battery of FSTs" on the water all the time because you can't do a one-legged stand on a rocking boat. I have used the same tests for drivers on land if they have a disability which affects their ability to do the test. Seated battery includes HGN, palm pat, finger to...

This is how it works with the local Federal court. I can't speak to differences that might exist with county and local PDs.

I agree with you that it is absolutely better to be 100% sober when operating a car or vessel and AZGFD is beginning to push the idea that designated driver's should not take even one drink. You are also correct that the legal standard is to prohibit "being under the influence to the slightest...

Nope- Mcnulty from his one season as a boat cop on "The Wire" (best show ever).

They give us these brown pants with our uniforms so that when we crap ourselves in terror nobody notices.

Did I read earlier that you have not boated on the Colorado River and Lake Havasu? If not, come on out next 4th of July and get the experience. I boated in South Florida for three years and elsewhere before coming here and this place is unique in my experience.

AZGFD has several recommendations for online, live, or book boater safety courses at https://www.azgfd.com/Education/Boating Most states already require this and I would anticipate Arizona will eventually follow California's lead, but there are potential benefits including reduced...

, You make a couple excellent points.

So that still requires a new law, right? It's all well and good to say that if everybody followed the nav rules perfectly there would be no accidents; the problem is how few people seem to know and scrupulously follow those rules. And we have 2-3 million visitors each summer on this stretch of...

Sure, but how much worse would it be if we handed every 16 year old a set of keys and said "Go figure it out for yourself, and by the way there are no speed limits, drive on whichever side of the road you like, and no open container laws. Just use common sense and it's all good." No public...

Oh, how about the PWCs you stated a few pages back are running up river left every time you go out? Or the general confusion over which boat is the stand on vessel in a given situation? Or the belief that "reasonable and prudent" means "no speed limit"?

Maybe in Canada or some other place on the metric system...

Mandatory boater education would be a great start. Arizona is one of a handful of states that does not already have a boater education requirement.

If the Cheetah is heading north to south and Dave is heading east to west, I'm thinking that puts the Cheetah on Dave's right and makes it the stand on vessel.