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SAFETY
Goal S5: Eliminate recreational boating fatalities.
FY99 Target: Reduce recreational boating fatalities by 10%, from FY93
baseline of 800 fatalities to 720 fatalities.
Measure: Number of fatalities.
Measurement Issues: Data obtained from the Coast Guard Boating Accident
Report database, and is validated by program managers. The Coast Guard
intends to normalize the data in the future by developing a denominator of
exposure so that the level of risk in recreational boating can be compared
from year to year without being skewed by the increase or decrease in the
Selected Program Standards/Customer Service Standards:
Ensure that the states instruct 65% of the number of new boat operators
annually.
Achieve 100% manufacturer compliance with boat construction regulations.
Ensure that volunteer organizations provide approved courses to 20% of
new boat operators annually.
Causal Factors to be Addressed:
Lack of personal floatation device use.
Intoxication of operator.
Greater number of fatalities occur during fall and winter due to
hypothermia.
80% of all boating fatalities occur on boats where the operator had no
formal training.
Over 50% of fatalities occurred in conjunction with capsizing or falling
overboard.
Primary causes of accidents were operator inattention, carelessness, and
speeding.
Strategies to Achieve Target:
Ongoing Strategies:
Conduct public service initiatives including the National Boating Under
the Influence Campaign and the Annual Safe Boating Campaign in
cooperation with states, the insurance industry, and boating
associations to promote personal floatation device use and improve
boater behavior, skills, and knowledge.
Increase enforcement of boating under the influence statutes, and
promote lowering the intoxication threshold to .08% for adults, and to
a zero tolerance level for minors.
Conduct CG Auxiliary courtesy examinations to promote safety equipment
and safe operation.
Develop waterway safety activities in cooperation with other agencies
within the Waterways Management initiative.
Execute research and development projects to improve understanding
reduce human error and improve mariner awareness.
New Strategies:
Enhance waterway safety by establishing Vessel Traffic Services as part
of the Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS.)
Modernize distress communications to create a fully integrated system
that permits distress, safety, law enforcement interaction between the
Coast Guard and mariners.
Pursue regulatory activity that will facilitate examining the number
and nature of injuries/deaths aboard rental boats that are caused by
vessel propellers, and assist in determining effective strategies for
reducing these incidents.
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