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Senate Transportation hears data and advocates urging Nov–May mandatory PFD wear in S.172
Summary
Legislative counsel, safety advocates and the state's boating law administrator told the Senate Transportation Committee that S.172 would require wearing personal flotation devices on open decks between Nov. 1 and May 1, citing cold-water shock science and data showing most drowning victims were not wearing life jackets.
Legislative counsel told the Senate Transportation Committee on Jan. 29 that S.172 would add a requirement that all individuals on open deck of a vessel underway wear a properly secured U.S. Coast Guard–approved personal flotation device during a cold-water period (on or after Nov. 1 and on or before May 1). Inspected commercial vessels, such as Coast Guard–inspected Lake Champlain ferries, would be exempt.
Jess Lucas, director of Aquatics at the Greater Burlington YMCA and a member of the Water Safety…
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