{"id":1235,"date":"2015-09-29T20:43:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1235"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:09:01","slug":"reckless-boat-operation-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/reckless-boat-operation-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Reckless Boat Operation in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is illegal in the state of Pennsylvania to operate any boat or to manipulate any water-skis, aquaplane or similar device in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person.<\/p>\n<h2>Examples of reckless boat operation in Pennsylvania include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Operating in a designated swimming area.<\/li>\n<li>Weaving through congested boat traffic.<\/li>\n<li>Operating a boat under 20 feet in length at a speed faster than \u2018no wake speed\u2019 \u00a0while a person is standing on the boat.<\/li>\n<li>Jumping the wake of another boat while unreasonably close to the other boat (when within 100 feet of the other boat creating the wake).<\/li>\n<li>Waiting until the last possible moment to swerve to avoid a collision.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a hazardous wake.<\/li>\n<li>Harassing or disturbing wildlife.<\/li>\n<li>Operating a boat at greater that \u2018No wake, speed\u2019 while a passenger is riding on the boat\u2019s stern, bow, gunwales or transom (outside of the passenger carrying area).<\/li>\n<li>Overloading a boat beyond the safe carrying capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Overpowering a boat beyond the recommended horsepower capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Operating within 100 feet of a person being towed (like a water-skier).<\/li>\n<li>Towing a water-skier in a restricted area or where an obstruction exists.<\/li>\n<li>Operating faster than \u2018No Wake speed\u2019 when within 100 feet to the rear or when within 50 feet to the side, of another boat that is underway, (narrow channels are an exception).<\/li>\n<li>Operating a boat while a passenger is hanging off of, riding on, or sitting on the boat\u2019s swim platform or ladder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Docking Lights<\/h2>\n<p>It is illegal to use docking lights, while underway, except when docking and when the boat is traveling at slow, \u2018No Wake speed\u2019 and is within 100 feet of approaching a dock, a mooring buoy or the shoreline. A docking light is a flood or spotlight type of light that is permanently installed or permanently mounted on a motorized boat to help illuminate a boat\u2019s forward course of travel.<\/p>\n<h2>Speed Restrictions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>It is illegal to operate a boat at greater than &#8216;No Wake\u2019 speed if within 100 feet of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A shoreline<\/li>\n<li>Docks or launch ramps<\/li>\n<li>Swimmers, downed skiers or persons wading in the water<\/li>\n<li>Anchored, moored, or drifting boats or floats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[10],"article-tag":[151,170,181,247,248],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reckless Boat Operation in Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about negligent and reckless boat operation and boat speed limit laws in Pennsylvania. 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