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by burnished 1223 days ago
Would a wired one that went unused prevent that? That would seem to be the core problem in your scenario - the existing technology that would not have a false negative here is going unused.

Also, can you cite any sources for that event being common (relatively at least)? Not that I doubt you specifically, the scenario is just so horrifying that I am generally having trouble accepting it.
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LeonB 1223 days ago
The accident described above is basically the same as happened in my hometown in October 2021. There was no one else in the boat but many witnesses on the shore. The whole community greatly affected.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/a...

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pifm_guy 1223 days ago
Here is a news report with video footage of one such incident (the part where the victim is decapitated is clipped from the report): https://youtu.be/3IwhsYfnNvs

I am personally aware of quite a few speedboat related accidents, some fatal, and this is a common pattern.

The types of death that people imagine (boat sinks, boat engine dies and drifts out to sea) tend not to be killer in small boats because they mostly operate in busy waterways near shore where someone else will come help.

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