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Originally Posted by Woodsy
thinkxingu...
Under COLREGS.... Rule 2 specifically... BOTH Captains have an equal obligation to avoid a collision... You are obligated to break a rule if it means avoiding a collision.
Woodsy
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I would imagine that any normal thinking person would do just that if they feared that a collision was imminent. The rub is that they would have to be aware that the collision was going to happen.
Again, no different than driving a car. When I see a car coming at me head-on (it happened just a month ago), I will proceed with caution because I see it.
Those regulations do not exonerate anyone from stupidity or carelessness/wrecklessness