Mandatory life jackets could cut odds of recreational boating deaths 80 percent, experts say
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Increasing life jacket wear by only 20 percent would have saved 1,721 out of 3,047 boaters involved in accidents between 2008 and 2011, scientists say, a finding that could be used to argue for regulations requiring use of the safety devices.