Again, don't confuse my posts with a call for mandatory tracking devices, whatever that means. I was just trying to get some of you to understand how someone outside of the diving community might see this.
They are being asked to pay for expensive search and rescue efforts because of someone's hobby. So while you can all thump your chests about how no one is going to make you wear a seatbelt or a motorcycle helmet because of liberty and freedom, you should also understand that living in a community sometimes means that your own personal liberty is balanced against community interests.
Remember this girl? Her family famously refused to contribute to the cost of her rescue, and a lot of people had a problem with that.
It's not so cut and dried. No one here is suggesting that some sort of scuba police should make all divers wear beacons. But it's also reasonable to consider the other side of an argument, so that you don't end up with ill conceived laws written by people who don't understand diving or divers.
---------- Post added September 3rd, 2015 at 06:28 AM ----------
Yup, that sounds like a good idea.
They are being asked to pay for expensive search and rescue efforts because of someone's hobby. So while you can all thump your chests about how no one is going to make you wear a seatbelt or a motorcycle helmet because of liberty and freedom, you should also understand that living in a community sometimes means that your own personal liberty is balanced against community interests.
Remember this girl? Her family famously refused to contribute to the cost of her rescue, and a lot of people had a problem with that.
It's not so cut and dried. No one here is suggesting that some sort of scuba police should make all divers wear beacons. But it's also reasonable to consider the other side of an argument, so that you don't end up with ill conceived laws written by people who don't understand diving or divers.
---------- Post added September 3rd, 2015 at 06:28 AM ----------
And just who do you think is going to make me wear this device? I don't even wear a seat belt, I hook it on my seat so it looks like I have it on.
Yup, that sounds like a good idea.