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UTD is an organization trying to change that, and make DIR style diving more accessible to beginning divers. They are training OW divers from the start using DIR compliant gear, drills and attitude. They've managed to train hundreds in this way, and more are being minted all the time. We can only hope to meet them on our future dive trips...
While it's a nice idea, it's unlikely to have any significant impact. An astonishingly huge percentage of divers don't dive often enough to remember which way the tank faces. SCUBABoard posters are not representative of the general OW population.
Even if UTD teaches them how to everything perfectly, skills need almost constant practice to remain useful.
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