Improper Speed or Distance
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North Dakota law designates the following dangerous operating practices as illegal.
Improper Speed or Distance is not maintaining a proper speed or distance while operating a vessel. Specifically, it is illegal to:
- Operate a vessel at greater than “slow, no wake speed” within 100 feet of:
- A person fishing from a shoreline
- A swimmer
- A swimming or diving raft
- An occupied, anchored, or unpowered vessel
- Operate a vessel at greater than “slow, no wake speed” within 250 feet of a reduced speed or “slow, no wake speed” sign
- Operate at excessive speed during periods of reduced visibility while:
- In close proximity to other vessels
- In narrow, winding channels
- Near docks or marinas