Oklahoma § 63-4212 - Towing person or persons using parasails, water skis or

§ 63-4212. Towing person or persons using parasails, water skis or

similar devices - Time restrictions - Professional exhibitions

excepted - Colliding with or striking object or person - Operation

of personal watercraft.

A. 1. No person shall operate or give permission to operate a

vessel on any waters of this state for towing a person or persons

using parasails or on water skis, a surfboard, or similar device

unless there is in such vessel:

a.

a person who is at least eight (8) years old, and who,

in addition to the operator, is in a position to

observe the progress of the person or persons being

towed,

b.

if the vessel is not a personal watercraft, an

efficient wide angle convex rear view mirror installed

on such vessel in such manner as to permit the person

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operating said vessel to face the direction of travel

and be in a position to observe the progress of the

person or persons being towed, or

c.

if the vessel is a personal watercraft, two efficient

wide angle convex rear view mirrors installed on such

vessel in such manner as to permit the person

operating such watercraft to face the direction of

travel and be in a position to observe the progress of

the person or person being towed.

2. Water skiing shall be allowed with any watercraft which is

designed to accommodate two or more persons.

B. No person shall operate or give permission to operate a

vessel on any waters of this state towing a person or persons using

parasails or on water skis, a surfboard, a sailboard or similar

device nor shall any person engage in parasailing, water skiing,

surfboarding, sailboarding or similar activity at any time between

the hours from sunset to sunrise or at such time visibility due to

other existing conditions is obscured so as to endanger life or

property.

C. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section do not

apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a

person or persons engaged in an activity authorized under Section

4205 of this title.

D. No person shall operate or give permission to operate or

manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the

direction or location of parasails, water skis, a surfboard, or

similar device may be affected or controlled in such a way as to

cause the parasails, water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or

any person thereon to collide with or strike against any object or

person.

E. 1. No person shall operate or give permission to operate a

personal watercraft or similar device capable of being remote

controlled by the skier unless such device is factory equipped with

an engine kill switch capable of shutting off the engine in the

event the skier becomes detached from the personal watercraft

device. A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by the

manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch shall attach

such lanyard to his or her person, clothing, or personal flotation

device as appropriate for the specific vessel.

2. No person shall operate a personal watercraft at any time

between the hours from sunset to sunrise unless equipped with

prescribed lights.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 64, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended

by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 60, §

1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 231, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1994; Laws 2003, c. 393, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 2003.

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