Capturing law breakers on video

    fair questions Dan...I don't have any answers for you but I will speculate...it takes a bit of skill and a lot of nerve to know how to and successfully fend off a fast moving boat in the water...especially if the boat is not yours...however almost anyone can opperate a camera. so, if you are either 1) a guest on a boat who has little boating experience 2) are on a kayak or small or slow craft or 3) are in the water but already using your camera (or all three) you can still help the situation somewhat but might not be able to interevene in the way you suggested

    i like to spear fish

    Unless we're anchored if there's someone on the boat their job is to play intercept with other boats. If Rob's boat was anchored then it's understandable that it couldn't be moved in time. But rather than calmly stand there and film jump, wave your arms or a flag, make noise, something..

    Instead of speculating what happened, why not read the post on the other site?
    According to all accounts, He was on a charter dive boat doing a drift dive, the capt was on route to pick them up but didn't make it. He tried to signaling the other boat. It is believed the other boat was on auto pilot. Last ditch effort they dove down to try to avoid the boat. Props got Rob and the fins of the other diver. As to who was filming, no names were mentioned.

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    New laws should be applied to help this kind of situation and we are the ones to start pushing for it.


    -The first thing would be to not allow fast boats to go at high speeds at less than 4 miles from shore.
    -Auto-pilots should not be allowed at less than 4 miles from shore.
    -We need bigger flags, both on the boat and in the water.
    -Increase safe distance fromm flag to at least 500 feet.
    -Penalties for violations should be increased. 50 bucks sound like a joke.
    -Every captain should be licensed, we don't need cones putting divers in danger.

    They can put a kabillion rules in place and it wouldn't make a difference. How many times have you seen a car run a red light and nobody was there to enforce it? Same principal.


    Boater education needs to at the top of the list. A license/test would be a start.
    Stiff penalties would have to be enacted.
    More LEOs on the water.

    Of course education is a must, but we still need the rules.


    Can you imagine what would happen if there were no traffic rules?
    Running a red light is illegal, and you are right some people violate that rule, but it would be a lot worse without the rule, or without stiff penalties for violators. Don't you think?

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