People need basic survival skills in any situation involving rivers and currents.

I remember years ago when living in Kern County, Ca. the Kern River would claim peoples lives on a regular basis. It looked very placid and safe on the surface and the reality was the current was moving at a very swift pace. Even people with life jackets were not immune to getting sucked under in certain places.

Laws are not going to stop people from using poor judgement. I agree with the notion of personal responsibility but for heavens sake know where your small children are at all times. Rivers and irrigation ditches are a constant threat to small children. They can disappear in an instant.

Wasn’t Boogie Boarding banned because (prominent citizen) had a grandson get splashed pretty bad? That has always been the rumor.

Why does everything have to relate to Cal? Kern River… this isn’t Cali….

I’ve been confused about variation in rules and regulations here in Boise. Do the Irrigation Districts set the rules on “their” water-ways? If so, is the bridge boarding determined by each District, or the City, or the County? Seems as though there should be at least an attempt at uniformity among these various taxing entities. Bad enough that the River has the potential of being regulated by each city and county through which if flows, but add to that the separate Irrigation District canals, and other water-ways and the bridges spanning them and it seems to me the possibility of confusion is rife, and common sense being such a rare commodity safety concerns do become an issue.

Now, how about rescinding that stupid no beer on the river rule?

Ya know why we have so many laws? Part of it might be due to authoritarian leadership (“down-pressers,” as Bob Marley would say), but most laws are on the books because your fellow citizens don’t have common sense and good judgment.

The reason there’s a “no bridge jumping” law is because a few idiots jump off the bridge and injure themselves or somebody else.

The reason there’s a “no alcohol consumption” law is because a few idiots get drunk, and subsequently expose themselves, dump litter everywhere and otherwise offend the non-drunk floaters.

Lots of folks think we need a motorcycle helmet law, because some people don’t have the common sense to wear one unless there’s a law.

Can you believe this one? We need a TEXTING law, because otherwise we have morons who are clickety-clicking while simultaneously piloting a 2-ton steel missile! It must be safe, because it’s not against the law… right?

Where did all the idiots come from? They’re complicating life for the rest of us who have a lick of common sense.

Okay… I’ll get off the soap box.

Bike boy, It’s because the government won’t legalize common sense.

We need to issue Darwin awards to those who have no common sense, not issue more laws. I say if a person is dumb enough to hurt themselves, or kill themselves due to things like not wearing a seat belt, then good riddance, this world is over populated anyways, and we’ll get along just fine without their genes in the pool. and I agree with Rod, this state needs to stop punishing the masses for the misdeeds of a few

I remember floating the river back in the early 60’s when the “older boys” ie junior high and high schoolers, would float the river and report to the rest of us where the barb wire fences had fallen into the river (avoid them) and the dead cows were floating (no need to tell us to avoid them). But now it’s all clean and tidy. But it also appears that people want it to be a nice safe “Disneyland” ride. It’s not folks. It’s a river!!!
I cannot believe that one can get into trouble for splashing… oh good night! But then it’s all too crowded for me anyway.
In the old days we knew that the river was dangerous and we had to look out for one another. But then we never had grown ups floating on tubes. Grown ups (ie parents).