On 5 Aug 2006 18:17:18 GMT, Jim Yanik > wrote:

>Dave Head > wrote in
:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:33:50 -0400, necromancer >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The short of it: a couple of rednecks drive onto the beach to pickup
>>>their jet-ski and their truck gets caught up in the rising tide.
>>>
>>>http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/l...x?storyid=6233
>>>6
>>>
>>>There is also a video link showing this pick-up trying to escape
>>>mother nature...
>
>Every winter,idiots drive out onto frozen Lake Erie to go ice fishing,and
>have to abandon their vehicles when the ice breaks up and they have to be
>rescued.The USCG will not rescue vehicles or belongings,and there are some
>enterprising individuals who salvage some of them for resale,sometimes to
>their original owners..

Yeah, but ice and beach sand are 2 different things. I could have backed my
Jeep up there and have pulled them out, I think. Cars stuck on ice flows are
"toast".

>> Jeez... "illegally drove on the beach". Hell, that's one of the _fun_
>> things to do in Daytona, so Jacksonville makes it illegal? Are people
>> out to make _everything_ illegal? Huh?
>>
>> DPH
>>
>Some beach areas are "no vehicles" because of sea turtle nests,or because
>they are are designated "people areas". No different than urban zoning.

I've never liked zoning, either...

>(so people don't get run down or backed over,small kids can play safely.)

Yeah... well... people need to create areas on the sand to make it possible to
do it safely, rather than just banning things. Sea turtles are a different
matter, although a 365 day ban for turtles that spawn over several weeks is
over the top, too...

Dave Head