More trouble for the Duck Boat.

[MossRoad]

You ever see seat belts on a school bus? They arent' required. They aren't required on the duck boats on land, either.

 

[k0ua]

I think the difference is that in this "accident" here in Missouri, they knew the bad weather was coming as evidenced by the changing the sequencing of the water tour first instead of the land tour. In Seattle no one "knew" the axle was going to break. But in Missouri they know bad weather was going to hit and soon, but they chose to "outrun" it and made a decision based on a pecuniary interest instead of the safety of their passengers. When you make a decision like that to gamble with people's lives and you lose, and a bunch of people die, then you will likely have to face the consequences of that gamble.

 

[turnkey4099]

I don't know... they are alive and well here in Seattle. We had a bad road accident killing 5 and injuring dozens 3 years ago. I think I posted already.

Five Killed, Others Injured in Seattle Duck Boat Accident

Lawsuits now just settled.

Seattle settles 12 lawsuits from Ride the Ducks crash | king5.com

Broken axle/poor maintenance per NTSB findings... and they need seat belts now.

NTSB finds probable cause of deadly Seattle duck boat crash - CBS News

latest idiocy is the 2 boat head=on on hte Colorado river. I think it was 11 people involved, 4 missing and NONE OF THEM WEARING FLOTATION.

 

[Jstpssng]

You really don't think about it until it's too late; if somebody falls overboard they will just tread water until the boat turns around, right?
After paddling canoes all of my adult life I finally just bought my first power boat ever- a 12foot Sea Nymph powered by a screaming ....
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4HP Evinrude. Not only do I wear my life jacket at all times but so does my dog... an 8 YO lab who loves to swim.

 

[goeduck]

These days life vests are so reasonable to wear, it does not make sense not to for individual use. Tour boats I can sort of understand but in this case... well we all know what happened.

 

[MossRoad]

You really don't think about it until it's too late; if somebody falls overboard they will just tread water until the boat turns around, right?
After paddling canoes all of my adult life I finally just bought my first power boat ever- a 12foot Sea Nymph powered by a screaming ....
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4HP Evinrude. Not only do I wear my life jacket at all times but so does my dog... an 8 YO lab who loves to swim.

Get yourself an old jet ski, cut the top off of it, cut a hole in the bottom of that 12' Sea Nymph to match the bottom of what's left of the jet ski, marry them up, and there you go!

 

[k0ua]

More Lawsuits filed by 8 survivors of the duck boat tragedy today.

8 survivors of duck boat sinking in Table Rock Lake file lawsuit

 

[goeduck]

Survivors are even suing........ what a mess and all because they did not want to refund a few bucks.

 

[k0ua]

More than you ever wanted to know about operation of a DUKW.

 

[MossRoad]

NIIIICE!!! I'll have to watch it later tonight. thanks! :thumbsup: