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Ban Personal Watercraft? No Way!

Ban Personal Watercraft? No Way!                

    The ban on Personal Watercraft or “Jet-Skis” has been a controversial
issue over the past decade. Some feel that Personal Watercraft are too
dangerous and noisy, injuring, and sometimes killing inexperienced riders
while creating a nuisance wherever they are. On the other hand, I and other
avid Jet-Ski riders feel that being able to ride Jet-Skis is a right and that the
injury and death rate is made out to be a lot worse than it actually is.
Advocacy groups are unfairly campaigning for the ban of Personal Watercraft
with no willingness to compromise on regulations concerning safety.
    Banning them is not the answer. Why should I pay for the actions of a
small group of untrained inexperienced riders? I plan on making a career out
of Jet-Skiing and go pro in a few years. How am I supposed to practice if
Jet-Skis are banned in Washington because some irresponsible parent allows
their untrained ten year old to ride an unstable watercraft that can go fifty to
sixty miles an hour, and then die in an accident? That’s not my fault. I’ve
been Jet-Skiing since I was about five, but before I went out alone, I went out
with my Dad for a couple years, learning all the proper safety regulations and
recieving the proper training so I could operate the machine in a safe manner.
As a stand up Jet-Skier, I place the blame of all this negative attention
squarely on the Wave Runner or sit down models of Personal Watercraft.
The simplicity of these machines and the lack of skill needed to be able to
drive one properly, allows even the most untrained, irresponsible schmuck to
hop on and take them for a spin. Only one out of a hundred times, maybe not
even that, will you see a person under the legal age of fourteen on a stand-up
Jet-Ski because it takes years of practice to be able to operate one extremely
well.
    People argue that Jet-Skis are too loud and the noise is unpleasant but
the only Jet-Skis that are significantly loud are the ones produced before
1990. Market turnover has made these earlier models a rarity. The newer
Jet-Skis have fuel injected engines with underwater exhaust. These
improvements have led to a seventy five percent cut in emissions and have
drastically reduced noise. The engine technology is improving every year
which has allowed Jet-Skis to be as quiet or quieter than brand new

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