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Is this man a magnet for accidents at sea? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

It's my understanding that anyone operating a ship is required by law to respond to distress calls. Though it would be something to issue a distress call and have a luxury yatch respond

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (11 children)

How enforceable would that be though? Do ships keep logs of received transmissions? Like how hard would it be to hear the distress call and just turn off the radio?

If the transmission isn't recorded there's no way of knowing if a person deliberately ignored a distress signal or just didn't receive it.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago

I think ethics and morals play a bigger role here than upholding the law

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