Boating Accident/Death off Diamond Island

[Airwaves]

"...two counts of negligent homicide..."

Two?

[RI Swamp Yankee]

Originally Posted by Airwaves

"...two counts of negligent homicide..."

Two?

From the Citizen story link posted earlier:

The two counts reflect the decision of Belknap County District Attorney James Carroll to present two different theories of the alleged homicide to a jury.

It looks like the Grand Jury found either / both may apply.

[Skip]

You are correct Swampy!

HERE are further details regarding the recent indictment and a recap of the crash, from the on-line edition of the Union Leader.

[fatlazyless]

What needs to be done? The time has come for seatbelts in boats. New Hampshire needs to require a boating seatbelt law.

Hey Rep Sherman Packard, the state rep who said about a hundred times that " 'you know what' is a solution look'n for a problem."....Sherm.... buddy....how about sponsoring a NH boat seat belt law?

Could make doing kayak eskimo rolls a snap!

A seatbelt can be very helpfull.

Last spring, she had a Fastech 35'er w/ twin 525hp V8's for sale for $452,000. Got to wonder if that comes with seatbelts? And, maybe the price has been reduced?

[Phantom]

There is a lot of coverage (obviously) of the incident & Erica. But does anyone know what happened to Nicole Shinopules? She seems to fly completely under the "press" radar. Never heard/read much of anything other than she was taken to Lahey Clinic after the accident.

I'm not being goulish .............. simply genuinely interested!!

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

What needs to be done? The time has come for seatbelts in boats. New Hampshire needs to require a boating seatbelt law.

Hey Rep Sherman Packard, the state rep who said about a hundred times that " 'you know what' is a solution look'n for a problem."....Sherm.... buddy....how about sponsoring a NH boat seat belt law?

Could make doing kayak eskimo rolls a snap!

A seatbelt can be very helpfull.

Last spring, she had a Fastech 35'er w/ twin 525hp V8's for sale for $452,000. Got to wonder if that comes with seatbelts? And, maybe the price has been reduced?

thik of it this way, say the boat flips or goes belly up for whatever reason. then you could drown. More Protection from ourselves is not the answer, better awareness is. The Government has too much already to make us protect ourselves from ourselves. This kind of stuff always come up one some rich or connected family has a issue go wrong and then the mother, all be it she can have a point, goes on a crusade to "PRotect other children from the same issues" Granted this has its uses with Pedifiles and what not, but not oen it comes to me not being able to parent or loose freedoms because of someone else's mistake

Ok off the soap box now

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

What needs to be done? The time has come for seatbelts in boats. New Hampshire needs to require a boating seatbelt law.

Hey Rep Sherman Packard, the state rep who said about a hundred times that " 'you know what' is a solution look'n for a problem."....Sherm.... buddy....how about sponsoring a NH boat seat belt law?

Could make doing kayak eskimo rolls a snap!

A seatbelt can be very helpfull.

Last spring, she had a Fastech 35'er w/ twin 525hp V8's for sale for $452,000. Got to wonder if that comes with seatbelts? And, maybe the price has been reduced?

I know you are not being serious...but would you like to be strapped into any kind of vessel that is taking on water, or even under water?

[fatlazyless]

For doing eskimo rolls in a kayak, it would be very helpfull, because it would make you one with the kayak. It would improve the paddle-ability too. And a seatbelt can be unlocked in a snap.

For just walking down the sidewalk, someone should invent a personal seatbelt with a self-contained airbag!

No....seatbelts could be helpfull in a boat...but should be optional...."it's you life & your choice."

So, does Wal-Mart sell a seatbelt kit? Seatbelts would have been helpfull on that expensive 37' Formula boat that drove straight into a large outcropping of granite bedrock..........ouch.

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Seen all the reader comments in today's Union Leader?

[wifi]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

..... someone should invent a ....self-contained airbag!....

What an opening...

[SIKSUKR]

Sometimes that self contained airbag does not know when to deflate his agenda. He can very insensitive to others feelings. I for one am very offended. Give it a rest.

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by wifi

What an opening...

I was thinking the same thing ! Must ... put down .... the keyboard .... walk away ... aaargghhh ....

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Seatbelts would have been helpfull on that expensive 35' Formula boat that drove straight into a big flat vertical rock .

I was thinking a working GPS w/obstacle avoidance would have been a better idea. Or a low powered forward looking radar (like those we are starting to see in cars). Or a designated skipper.

Next time you're in Walmart see if any of those are on sale.

re: the personal airbag for walking down the street ... how would you deactivate it so it doesn't go off when ... you know ... you feel the urge to throw down and do 10 ?