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South Carolina DNR Shines a Spotlight on BUI Enforcement

from National Association of State Boating Law Administrators

South Carolina DNR Shines a Spotlight on BUI Enforcement National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Boating has always been a popular activity in South Carolina, but beginning around the late 1980s, the number of boats registered in the state drastically increased. In 1974, records indicate there were just 128,0000 registered vessels in the state. By 1995, that number had more than doubled, and the state experienced one of its highest annual counts of boating incidents that year. It’s well-known that alcohol use is the leading contributing factor in recreational boater deaths. While there may often be another, more proximate, cause of a collision – such as failure to maintain a proper lookout – alcohol use is very often a contributing factor. Because of this, an aggressive and innovative Boating Under the Influence (BUI) enforcement strategy has been at the center of SCDNR’s successful efforts to bring down the state’s incident and fatality numbers, beginning in 1996 when the agency’s first Boating Safety Action Force (B-SAF) team was created. READ MORE

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