Name:   Lifer - Subject:   AN EASY WAY TO REMEMBER RED LIGHTS Date:   7/10/2014 9:14:42 AM

One very easy way to treat all crossing as if it were a 4-way stop on the road.  The vessel (vehicle) to the right has the right of way.  Everyone has or should have known this from about 15 years old or so.  One of the best answers I have ever heard came from a friend's son that was learning to drive the boat a few years back.  As we approached traffic coming from the right his Dad asked him who had the ROW. The son answered "they do".  Shortly after that we had approaching traffic from the left and Dad once again asked son who has ROW.  His answer once again was "they do" as he chooped throttle to allow the other vessel to pass becasue it was obviuos they were not going to give way.  If you use the childs defensive driving technique it never becomes an issue.