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The INDEPENDENT, May 21,1997
Life jackets are useless unless boaters wear them
“Life Jackets. They Float.
You Don’t” is the theme of Na
tional Safe Boating Week,
May 17-23.
“It’s a fact, not just a slo
gan,” said state Marine Board
Director Paul Donheffner.
“We know life jackets save
lives. Nationally, boating fatal
ities dropped to an all-time
low last year. Oregon had the
second lowest year ever, with
only eight fatalaities. We be
lieve more use of life jackets
has improved the survival
rate.”
The typical fatal boating
accident is a capsizing or a
fall overboard from a small
boat, often in daylight and in
good weather. “In that kind of
accident, a life jacket can
keep you afloat until rescue
arrives,” said Donheffner,
’’and it can help protect you
from hypothermia in the
Northwest’s chilly waters."
He also noted that only
one of the eight people who
died in Oregon boating acci
dents last year wore a life
jacket.
Boating is a favorite out
door activity here. One in
every 16 Oregonians owns a
boat, according to a Marine
Board survey, and many
more enjoy boating as pas
sengers. Whether skipper or
passenger, state and federal
laws require carrying enough
wearable jackets for every
person on board.
“We strongly urge people
to wear their life jackets, not
just have them nearby,” said
Donheffner. “We are seeing a
disturbing increase in boating
fatalities in 1997. So far this
year, eight people have died
and none of them wore life
jackets. Most of the boating
season is still ahead of us—
we’d like to make it safer for
everyone.”
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