I was out there Sunday but got off the water at 11. Life jackets save lives.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 45800.html

My dad always made us wear life jackets and it is now habit to me. Most of my friends do not bother with them, but I'll wear mine and look like a dork.

Yeah, I read that today. 17 hours is friggin long!

I don't want to offend anyone, but hey, there is no question it WILL save your life. I would vote to make it mandatory that every single person in the next La Mud Run, or any mud run, commit to wearing a life vest and kill switch. After all, its mandated by law. Anyone not making such a commitment would be discouraged from participating.

We should have safety police and trash police on these mud runs, ie sort of like mardis gras captains only sober.

I'm trying to be nice, but I'm a real asshole when it comes to safety.

to me no one looks like a dork if it increases the chance of saving your life or someone elses.............they wouldnt make em if it wouldnt....i put mine on it doesnt make you less "cool" so to speak, nothing wrong with wearing your kill switch, wouldnt be "cool" to fall over and get you ass chopped off...

I wear the suspenders when I'm by myself they auto inflate when submerged and will right you in the water... I wear them all the time on the big boat. It's a rule in many fishing tournaments that you must wear PFD while the big motor is running.

i sure hope mr.safety first wear your kill switch and pfd doesnt or didnt drink any alcohol while in his boat,that wood make him a hippo.

DIsn't drive. My son did and he never drinks and drives. He can't even drink cause he's in training for fall baseball at his university. I did enjoy every sip of beer I had, though.

I am not a hippopotamus.

He doesn't play for lafayette does he? I think I remember that name..

i know its a law now in LA that everyone in a boat with a tiller handle motor has to have a life jaket on at all times while motor is cranked

Well said QC.

All persons onboard a Class A motorboat which is being propelled by a hand tiller outboard motor shall be required to wear a USCG approved Type I, II, III, or V personal flotation device while the motorboat is underway. A handtiller outboard is described as an outboard motor that has a tiller or steering arm attached to the outboard motor to facilitate steering and does not have any mechanical assist device which is rigidly attached to the boat and used in steering the vessel, including but not limited to mechanical, hydraulic, or electronic control systems. Hand tiller outboard motor shall not mean any type of electronic trolling motor.

Class A----Less than 16 feet

Just cause this thread is already so far off topic, I figured I'd throw this back out there. Picked off the tpwd website, just couldn't find it the other day when we were discussing it...

Can my driver's license be suspended if I'm arrested for operating a boat while intoxicated?

Yes. Effective 9/1/2001, a person's drivers license will be automatically suspended if the arrested person:

* Is operating a watercraft powered with an engine having a manufacturer's rating of 50 horsepower or above; and
* The person refuses to provide a specimen (breath or blood) to determine intoxication.

The period of suspension for 1st time offenders is 180 days.

I dont think anybody looks like a dork --- I used to not wear my kill switch but I do now after a friend of mine flew out of his boat and was hanging on by one hand and somehoe pulled himself back up. If he had been wearing a kill switch then the boat would have stopped and he could have gotten back in.

I dont like wearing life vests -- They are uncomfortable to me and I dont feel as I have a full range of motion with them on.

If it becomes a law I will wear one out of necessity but not out of choice,