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	Name:	Ulysses E. McGill -
	Subject:	How times have changed
	Date:	7/12/2012 3:56:27 PM (updated 7/12/2012 4:05:33 PM)

Maybe they've changed for some, but I learned to swim in 1962 and started skiing in the mid 60's; we always wore a PFD for everything that wasn't in a well defined swimming area unless we were in a larger vessel. Even on a boat, the life jackets went on if the water got rough. I remember the flotation belts well, but we never used them for skiing and always purchased the better equipment. To me, it just seems like common sense and I commend my parents and the Boy Scouts of America for the training. I'm sure I complained a little (as my kids did while they were growing up) but a simple accident can turn tragic real fast.....just 2 months ago my youngest son was home from college and broke his tibia and fibula in a freak accident while falling off a jet ski; fortunately he was wearing good safety equipment. I personally know of several water related deaths over the last 50 years that happend while surfing, canoeing, kyaking, sailboarding, skiing and even swimming in hazardous areas. Most (if not all) would not have happened if proper equipment was used. For me, it's not a matter of what the law says but a matter of self protection and the protection of those I care about.

my disclaimer: I think the law usually goes too far in trying to mandate common sense. Let Darwin have his way unless it will put others in danger....