NY requires life jackets for cold weather boaters

Courtesy Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 09/01/2009 - 17:09

ALBANY, N.Y. - Seizing on the chilling fact that drowning happens faster in cold water, New York has become the first state to require life jackets on everyone in all small boats during the coldest half of the year.


 

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