WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS- A jacket that makes a statement ... and could 
save your life ... that's coming up on Passport to Texas. 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife
and the Sport Fish Restoration Program

When it comes to excuses why people don't wear life 
jackets, Boating Safety Educator, Jack Dyess, says he's 
heard 'em all ... 

They are too uncomfortable, or they are too hot, or they aren't 
stylish ... 

Leave your excuses on shore -- lifejackets save lives.

Over 95% of the drowning victims are not wearing life jackets. 
I've been in the boating safety business for a long time, I have 
yet to recover a drowning victim wearing a life jacket. 

Life jackets are only required for children under 13 years 
of age, riding in motorboats under 26 feet in length. But 
Dyess suggests all family members wear them...to 
encourage water safety practices that last a lifetime ... 

There are so many different types of life jackets on the market 
now, including little inflatable belts, the suspenders are 
inflatable and all of these are automatic so if you fall into the 
water, they automatically inflate. Most of them have twice the 
floatation as a normal lifejacket and those who wear them 
forget that they are even wearing the thing. 


Pack the lifejackets on the boat ... but leave the six-pack on 
shore ... 

One beer on a boat will affect a person the same as three beers 
on the ground.

That's tomorrow.... Learn more about boater safety at 
passporttotexas.org.

That's our show for today. With support from the Sport 
Fish Restoration program working to increase fishing and 
boating opportunities in Texas...For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.