New Missouri wake law

[176champion]

Missouri has issued a new wake law.

https://www.lakeexpo.com/boating/boat_safety/what-boaters-need-to-know-about-missouri-s-new-boat/article_593ba520-6902-11e8-8041-cfe43f546d7b.html

[fishinwrench]

Gotta love "Lake Expo".  Journalism at it's finest right there!

So in a No Wake zone you can either idle slowly.....or keep her Hammered Down.

Boy the No Wake cove residents are gonna be pissed about MY choice.   😄

[fishinwrench]

There have been 17 meetings about this, and not a single voice was heard regarding the terminology.  Nobody thought to change the name to "Idle Speed Only" cove.   

[Bushbeater]

As a LOZ resident I'm unsure if this will help the situation. The excessive wake fine is reduced to just $25 with no court appearance, the guy with the 28 ' boat sure isn't worried about the fine.Is a $25 fine enough to help the shortage of Water Patrol we already have? Here on the upper end of the Niangua we could probably get 75% of owners to approve no wake, but our problem is not 40' boats, but 300 HP pontoons and 24' + - cruiser guys trying to pull 6 year old kids on a tube at 15 mph. I hope it helps but I don't see it.

[fishinwrench]

The piddly fine isn't the point.  The MSWP nor the courts don't care about the wake infraction, what they want is probable cause for a stop that THEN leads to a genuine shakedown.   

The wake makers may not be bothered by a $25 wake fine, but they darn sure don't want the state boys sniffing around everyone onboard, and that's what's gonna happen. 

"Aww you made a wake.  Time for a safety inspection, everyone produce ID, and Hey captain....while they are producing ID and we run them for warrants I need you to blow on this hose".  "And by the way, what's that I smell?".

Detainment for a wake violation= about 30 minutes unless they find something more interesting, then your days over and everyone gets to go to City Hall in their speedo's and flip-flops.  Enforcing the law is a lucrative business, and these guys are professionals.

[jdmidwest]

But, if you pull them over for wake, they can check for other violations. Just like the bs seatbelt checks.

[tjm]

So, it's good thing or a bad thing to pull checks for what ever? Are intoxicated captains a good thing or a bad thing? 

[Flysmallie]

5 minutes ago, tjm said:

So, it's good thing or a bad thing to pull checks for what ever? Are intoxicated captains a good thing or a bad thing? 

That depends on who you ask but I'd like to see less people plowing into bluffs. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

10 minutes ago, tjm said:

So, it's good thing or a bad thing to pull checks for what ever? Are intoxicated captains a good thing or a bad thing? 

I would love to see no drunk captains.   I enjoy a good party,  and think everyone should.  DWI/BWI is inexcusable. My family is important to me.  

[Smalliebigs]

1 hour ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

I would love to see no drunk captains.   I enjoy a good party,  and think everyone should.  DWI/BWI is inexcusable. My family is important to me.  

Yeah I agree but, it ain't gonna happen. The more I think about it and every time I go boating I see complete stupidity...drinking and stupidity and boating is disaster time. I stay the hell away from that crap