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Boaters Beware of Holiday BUI Busts

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

We?ve talked quite a bit about the increase in California DUI sobriety checkpoints and other DUI patrols due to the holiday season. The fact is that boaters should be more cautious of increased patrols as well. A common California holiday tradition includes boat parades. People decorate their boats with holiday lights and other festive decorations and then tour harbors, bays, and lakes, displaying their designs. San Diego, Newport, and Ventura are just a few of the cities that routinely partake in this tradition. People who participate in these parades are often drinking, enjoying the festivities and holiday spirit. But boaters beware?boating under the influence is a crime under California Harbors and Navigation Code 655.

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).