SSHHHHH!

Its not a bribe, its special interest lobbiest campaign contributions, which if done right, are tax deductable

well put

seadoer or not someone died thats a really low thing to say 

AHHH....It's Darwinism at its finest. Survival of the fittest. She wasn't meant to breed..... I can be just as sappy and sad as anyone else , but without a different point of view this thread would suck. Atleast it has somebody to hate now. Every thread needs an A-hole.

AHHH....It's Darwinism at its finest. Survival of the fittest. She wasn't meant to breed..... I can be just as sappy and sad as anyone else , but without a different point of view this thread would suck. Atleast it has somebody to hate now. Every thread needs an A-hole.

Dude you're gonna (or should) feel like shit if you find out some dumbass drunk fuker just flat out ran them over, happens all the time, just saying...anytime something like this occurs, it effects the entire boating community, not just one small inconvenient part of it, I realize you are just trying to get a rise out of people, but I am a firm believer in carma, you don't even want this one to count. IMO........

Wow!

Oh yeah, forum karma, thats what was meant! Wow again....

Truly a terrible tragedy , condolences to the family !

re PWC's ,Operator error,intoxication,poor supervision lack of saftey equiptment and little or no training or respect for waterway rules lead to constant "accidents", some of the worst are people's kids and guest's , they give them a PWC and a "short course" and cut them loose to ride amoungst power boats , You rarley see a kid on a dirt bike riding down (or the wrong way) on the freeway  Tom

BTW I know and respect Rick and I know that he cares deeply for his family as well as fellow boaters

 

thats a Fucked up thing to say that was someones kids i have to little kids if that happend to my kids i would spend every last breath hunting that fucker down and killing him slowly no matter what or who was at fault he was in the boat he should have paid more attention and  maybe the dad that lost his little girl will read this thread or a freind of his and kick your fucking ass for saying such a thing i know this will probley be edited by brad  but hopefully he will ad to it

 I think this is a tragic way for us to remember that we are the one's that have to watch out for the other guy...... Same as in a car driving down the road, it happens to dam fast....   Kids or grown adults, it just happens 

I listened to the radio today, dont know who got it confused radio/news paper?  But they say its still under investigation and that the "14" year old is in Las Vegas in extremely critical condition

 I just want to grab my kid , give her a hug tell her i love her..

Cause you just never know when the shits gonna hit the fan......

Im venting.
2sav

When I saw the Havasu news paper with the article about the accident I bought a paper just to make my 10 year old daughter read it and think about those girls when she does get the opertunity to ride one.

Way to go

2sav

I feel that PWC riders under 18 should be required to take a mandatory training and safety class in a controlled invironment (lake) and be issued a certificate to be carried when riding  (after that I agree that it would be to costly to maintain and police such a program).

I know that when you buy a new quad the manufacturers/dealers will send you to a rider training class, if you want to go (no mater how old or experienced you are).

When I saw the Havasu news paper with the article about the accident I bought a paper just to make my 10 year old daughter read it and think about those girls when she does get the opertunity to ride one.

One thing I noticed up on this part of the river, is that kids on jet skis don't get nearly as checked by the police, as they do down on Martinez. I see people doing illegal stuff everyday on the river here infront of cops, but not much being done unless you have open headers

When I saw the Havasu news paper with the article about the accident I bought a paper just to make my 10 year old daughter read it and think about those girls when she does get the opertunity to ride one.

That's about the best thing that has come from this thread , I'll have to remember to do the same to my brats.

The real problem here is very similar to what you will experience when you go snow skiing nowadays.  Too many people crowded into too small of area exacerbated (look it up) by the fact that skiers and boarders enjoy doing two different things.  Jet skis aren't much fun when driven like boats.  They are only fun when turning, jumping, sliding, spinning etc.  In other words when doing anything other than going in a straight line.  Snow boarders make much wider turns, always look for something to "trick" off of AND can't stop very fast.  Does that sound familiar?   Skiers when going slow to medium speeds can carve much tighter turns, and indeed a tight turn is a lot easier on the legs than a long gradual turn.
The result is lots of collisions caused in much the same way as on the water.
I would support boater education for all but it won't make the problem go away. 


And Lilrick -- STFU          There is a time and place for joking but this ain't it ya tool.