Improper Speed or Distance

Kentucky law designates the following operating practices as illegal.

Improper Speed or Distance is not maintaining a proper speed and distance while operating a vessel. Specifically, it is illegal to:

• Operate at a rate of speed that endangers the life or property of any person. Operators are also liable for any danger or damage produced by their vessel’s wake.
• Operate a vessel at greater than “idle speed” or “slow-no wake speed” in any areas marked as “No Wake.”
• Operate within 50 feet of a commercial vessel and its tow which is in operation on the waterway, unless the operator of the commercial vessel has given consent.
• Operate within restricted areas posted above or below navigation, power-generating, or flood-control dams.