Walk It Through: The Lake Weekend
A boat on Idaho water, a cooler, a wake jump, fireworks at the cabin and a smoke at the bar.
A family buys a used boat a week before the Fourth of July.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One holiday weekend. Life jackets, the boating penalties after a conviction, aerial fireworks under a display permit and local fireworks bans are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- MinorA person under eighteen years of age. A minor who has been married may enter contracts and sue on them.
- Nonaerial common fireworksThe fireworks that may be sold and used from midnight June 23 to midnight July 5 and from midnight December 26 to midnight January 1.
- InfractionA civil public offense, not a crime, punishable only by a penalty not exceeding $300, with no jail.
- Actual physical controlBeing in the driver's position of a motor vehicle with the motor running or the vehicle moving. The DUI section reaches it as well as driving.
- Alcohol concentrationThe measure of alcohol the DUI section is written in. Driving at 0.08 or more is unlawful, and for a driver under twenty-one, 0.02 or more.
- Negligent operationOperating a vessel carelessly and heedlessly, or too fast to stop within the clear distance ahead, including jumping another boat's wake at an unsafe distance and weaving through traffic.
- VesselA boat on Idaho's waters, which no one may operate while under the influence or at 0.08 or more, and which, where it must be numbered, is registered within fifteen days of purchase.