What Floats Your Boaters? – A Commentary
Florida has over one million registered boaters not including the plethora of canoes and other paddle craft for which registration is not required. Whereas wearing a seatbelt in a car is regulated by law and has become a routine practice for the majority of Floridians, wearing a personal floatation...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of North Florida
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Florida Public Health Review |
| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1094&context=fphr |
| Summary: | Florida has over one million registered boaters not including the plethora of canoes and other paddle craft for which registration is not required. Whereas wearing a seatbelt in a car is regulated by law and has become a routine practice for the majority of Floridians, wearing a personal floatation device (PFD) while boating is neither mandatory nor routine. Florida has ranked first annually among states in boating fatalities since 2003, and accounted for 10.9% of the total number of U.S. boating deaths in 2006. This commentary argues for making PFD use mandatory in an environment where the social norm is absence of use. |
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| ISSN: | 2643-6248 |