Careless or Imprudent Operation
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Colorado law designates the following dangerous operating practices as illegal.
Careless or Imprudent Operation of a vessel is operating in a reckless, careless, or unsafe manner that causes danger to any person, property, or wildlife. Examples of careless or imprudent operation include:
- Becoming airborne or completely leaving the water while crossing the wake of another vessel at an unsafe distance from the vessel creating the wake or when visibility is obstructed
- Weaving through congested waterway traffic
- Operating such that your vessel or another vessel must swerve abruptly or cut speed abruptly in order to avoid collision
- Failing to follow the navigation rules
- Entering a marked swimming area with a vessel
- Operating such that your vessel collides with another vessel, object, or person
- Chasing or harassing wildlife with your vessel