12:7-64. Requirements for operator of personal watercraft 
  3. A person operating a personal watercraft shall at all times:

 

a. Wear the safety switch lanyard while the personal watercraft is underway, provided that the personal watercraft is equipped with such a lanyard cut-off device; and 

b. Proceed at a safe speed that shall allow the person operating the personal watercraft to take proper and effective action to avoid collision and to stop the personal watercraft within a safe distance, as may be appropriate under prevailing circumstances and conditions. 

L.1993,c.299,s.3. 
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