Other kicked off the lake yesterday ...

[waterbox]

Went out for a ride yesterday but our day was cut short because of a park ranger. There were 5 of us on skis and she called us all in and gave us a lecture about riding with 200 ft of shore and jumping boat wakes. She said she Would with write us all tickets or we could all leave, so we left. I was pissed needless to say but wasn't going to be a smartass. Anyway I jumped on the computer later and found this law. There goes my fun...

A new law, effective January 1, 1998, prohibits personal watercraft (PWC) operators from undertaking unsafe or reckless practices, including jumping another vessel’s wake within 100 feet of that vessel, operating at a rate of speed and proximity to another vessel so that the other operator is required to swerve to avoid collision, and “spraying down” any person or vessel in the water.

The new law also requires a person operating a PWC equipped with a lanyard switch to attach the lanyard to his or her person; prohibits, on a PWC equipped with a self-circling device, the disabling of such device; and prohibits nighttime operation (from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise), even if the PWC is equipped with proper navigational lights.

 

[subhard]

Wow. I'm so glad the lakes I ride at NEVER have law enforcement. Ruins all the fun imho

 

[Matt_E]

That new law has been in effect for 14 years. It's not really a shock to anyone riding PWC's (especially standups) that riding within 100 feet of other vessels is not legal.
When we see cops, we make sure we're far away from other boats and each other.

 

[Fro Diesel]

Michigan is 150 ft. There are some lakes that are zero pwc allowed.

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[TimotaLT]

Cops here always have had it out for standups, I usually get on average 1 ticket a year. Haven't got one yet this year so I'm about due soon. The last one I got last year I was at least 100' away from another boat (the law here is 50') the cop was about a half mile away and pulled me over for 50' rule and gave me a ticket and haven't settled it yet and it's been over a year.

 

[Yami-Rider]

well I have broken ever rule about that law, even the drivin at night at about 11 PM lol.

 

[O2VW1.8T]

Same every rule broken, thank goodness haven't gotten one ticket yet.

 

[onlyFX-1]

Y'all are all trouble makers...good for nothing stand up riding punks




=)

 

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

Y'all are all trouble makers...good for nothing stand up riding punks
=)

Says the guy with the picture of himself flying thru the air upside down! LOL
;^p

 

[tor*p*do]

I had a one of our rangers egging us on to jump his wake.
he followed us around for a while
no tickets, saw a ranger boat on mem day idling up the lake
they dont hassle or write tickets unless you are drunk or stupid or both

 

[Liquid-6]

Good ole Lake tickets......

 

[SXIPro]

Water cops on my lake leave the standup guys alone, pretty much. They have enough to deal with chasing down the drunk boaters and the weekend warrior couchers driving like a bunch of retards. I actually help them out sometimes and they'll set up wakes for me to mess around on. Well....certain officers will, others I have to mind my manners. You just got to get to know them, that's all.

 

[waterbox]

So how much is a ticket for being closer than 100 to another boat?

 

[runninAmuck]

what lake were you at ? perris ?

 

[SkiDiggity]

yeah i don't ride lakes for that reason because they are all out to get us even the people who follow the rules.. i still get pulled over. I usually ride the ocean or the kings river. Only problem with the river is that it has a 30 mph speed limit with a 7 mph current and those bastards factor in the CURRENT so you can only go 23 down river ... how stupid is that??

 

[Sparkplug]

i used to get stopped everytime I rode the sac. Not displaying my yr numbers. DMV told me I dont have to put the numbers on my craft until 70 days after I registered it, but I must keep them on the vessel. Was stopped twice for this, by the same cop, given a ticket once, which is wrong, the third time I flipped out on him. Told him either give me a ticket or leave me the hell alone, that he was harassing me, and had given me enough tickets. I asked for his name and his badge number, which he gave me right away. i told him Id be reporting him for harassment. He was so quick to apologize and has been cool ever since.

Dont let these punks push you around. Its profiling what they do 90 percent of the time, and thats illegal. Let them know it. Dont tuck your tail, stand up for our sport.

 

[Kny21]

i used to get stopped everytime I rode the sac. Not displaying my yr numbers. DMV told me I dont have to put the numbers on my craft until 70 days after I registered it, but I must keep them on the vessel. Was stopped twice for this, by the same cop, given a ticket once, which is wrong, the third time I flipped out on him. Told him either give me a ticket or leave me the hell alone, that he was harassing me, and had given me enough tickets. I asked for his name and his badge number, which he gave me right away. i told him Id be reporting him for harassment. He was so quick to apologize and has been cool ever since.

Dont let these punks push you around. Its profiling what they do 90 percent of the time, and thats illegal. Let them know it. Dont tuck your tail, stand up for our sport.

Nice attitude..

 

[Hugh.G.Rekshen]

So far, the water cops tend to leave our group alone. We've got one rider who got a $500 ticket for jumping a "No wake" bouy...but, c'mon, that's just asking for a ticket.

 

[LeftysRule22]

Haha I got a ticket for using no wake buoys as a slalom course.... I mean, they were all set up so neatly in a row, what was I to do?

Sent from my ICS E3D

 

[Sparkplug]

Nice attitude..

Yeh, thats what I told the cop. Im out on my day off work, being harassed constantly. Maybe your fond of spending 30 min floating in the river, or beaching your ski on rocks while you are checked for the third time for an extinguisher. This is god damn America. I pay my fees, I paid for my ski, I work my ass off. Im sure all of us do. If I want to ride, and Im not hurting anyone at all, and someone wants to mess with me, im going to stand up for myself. But I was always taught to stand up for yourself.

Im gonna compare jet skis to skateboards. We are looked at like the enemy. No matter how NICE we are, the view of us is never going to change. No matter what. People hate other people having fun if they arent. Fisherman hate our tiny skis ruining their fish. Tree huggers hate the smoke. Swimmers hate the waves. Boats hate the danger to their tubers. If everyone hates me, why should I go out fo my way to be nice and respectful to someone who shows me no respect whatsoever. I tell you what, I refuse to be shoved around by a badge, thats just me