Boating Safety Survey
Educating you and your family about boating safety and helping maintain a safe boating environment is our top priority. The results of this survey will be used to improve boating safety education programs. This is not a test.
Please answer the questions in the order they are presented and do not go back or change any answers. This 24-question survey takes an average of 4.5 minutes.
When you’re done click SUBMIT.
1. Are you Male or Female?
Male Female
2. How old are you?
Under 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 Over 60
3. What's your highest level of education?
Some High School Completed High School Some College or Trade School Completed College
4. How often do you read newspapers?
Daily, Over 1 hour Daily, Under 1 hour Occasionally Rarely
5. How often do you watch TV news, TV news magazines, science or health shows?
6. How many Boating Magazines do you subscribe to:
None One Two – Three Three or more
7. How long have you been boating?
1 year 2 years 3 to 5 years 6+ years
8. What kind of engine/propulsion system does your boat have?
Gasoline: Outboard Inboard Inboard / Outboard (I/O) Jet Drive
Diesel
Other
9. Did you buy your boat new?
Yes No
10. Did you buy your boat from a dealer?
10A. If yes, did your dealer review safety precautions and procedures with you?
Yes, in detail Somewhat Not at all
11. How carefully did you read the safety precautions in your boat owner's manual?
Read them all thoroughly Read some of them Glanced at all or some of them Don’t have an owner’s manual
12. Have you read the warning stickers on your boat?
Yes, all of them Some of them None Does not apply (No warning stickers on my boat)
13. Have you taken a boating safety course?
14. How concerned are you about the following boating safety issues?
Drowning Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned Collisions Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned Capsizing Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned Boating Under The Influence Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned Propeller Strike Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Very Concerned Somewhat Concerned Not Concerned
15. Are a boat's gasoline exhaust emissions the same as automobile emissions?
Yes No Not Sure
16. How do levels of Carbon Monoxide in gasoline boat emissions compare to levels of Carbon Monoxide in automobile emissions?
More than Automobiles Less than Automobiles Equal to Automobiles Not Sure
17. Are you safer around gasoline boat emissions than car emissions?
More Safe Less Safe As Safe Not Sure
18. Do boats have catalytic converters?
19. How concerned are you about carbon monoxide poisoning when using your boat?
Very Concerned A Little Concerned Not Concerned
20. Do you ever swim around your boat while the engine or generator is running?
Frequently Occasionally / Rarely Never
21. Are there Carbon Monoxide warning decals on your boat?
22. Do you have a Carbon Monoxide detector on your boat?
23. How safe is recreational power boating?
Extremely Safe Very Safe Safe Unsafe Very Unsafe
24. How effective would the following be in making boating a safer activity
Tougher laws Very Effective Effective Not Effective Tougher law enforcement Very Effective Effective Not Effective Mandatory inspections Very Effective Effective Not Effective More warnings and warning labels Very Effective Effective Not Effective Better education Very Effective Effective Not Effective Mandatory boating education Very Effective Effective Not Effective More common sense Very Effective Effective Not Effective
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