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In reply to the discussion: Lawmaker who thinks gays a threat to children crashes boat into children [View all]Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)33. Maybe for a commercial licence, but for recreational watercraft it's still .08
The Federal Government's statutes and regulations regarding Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limits related to Operators of Recreational Watercraft specify a 0.08 per se rule for all Federal waterways except "within the geographical boundaries of any State that has established" a separate and different BAC limit. In those cases, " a standard established by State statute is applicable to the operation of any recreational vessel on waters within the geographical boundaries of the State."
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Lawmaker who thinks gays a threat to children crashes boat into children [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Aug 2012
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Maybe for a commercial licence, but for recreational watercraft it's still .08
Brother Buzz
Aug 2012
#33
The passenger was John E. Moran IV, a former police officer who narrowly lost an election for
madinmaryland
Aug 2012
#27
Are the kids ok? The article says that one was air-lifted by helicopter to Johns Hopkins.
yardwork
Aug 2012
#19
I'm sure he was arrested, nobody gets away with running down children while drunk, I hope.
xtraxritical
Aug 2012
#17
I wonder how mixing alcohol and a motor boat accident will not be found an offense... I suppose if
midnight
Aug 2012
#8
he can look forward to lots of lawsuits from the parents. no sympathy for a hate monger
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2012
#30