Minggu, 15 Mei 2011

Coast Guard: Americans getting fatter-the Boston Globe (blog)

If you need more evidence that Americans are tipping they will scale a bit more difficult, the US Coast Guard has cut passenger vessels permitted number of passengers. Since the 1960s, Coast Guard assumes 160 pounds, the weight average to the passenger boat, the normal (perpendicular) to the making of the commercial vessel operators and safety rules, according to the report of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

But because these days the estimated 34% of adults are Overweight, more than 20 coastal patrol has selected, far away from the safe to assume that the average passenger slightly heavier than is also back in the following year. "People weigh significantly more now," Coast Guard spokeswoman Lisa Novak told the newspaper. "Per person has risen, the average weight of 185 pounds."

The new rules kick, December 1. In practice, this means that the boat-capacity 16 000 pounds, which in the past have transported only 100 passengers, 86 people are drawn to the attention of the ferry. The restrictions do not affect My Boaters but affects the vessels, which call for the annual Coast Guard inspection, such as ferries, excursion or sightseeing services of boats.



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