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So, if your spouse or other person you care for sets out in storm when travel is not advised, we need check if you have finances to pay before we send the searc

So, if your spouse or other person you care for sets out in storm when travel is not advised, we need check if you have finances to pay before we send the search team? This is the slippery slope. What other things in your life where you've not taken due diligence do we assess costs? If you want the fire department to come to your house have you had your monthly fire safety inspection? The list can go on and on.

sp332 5y ago
Nah, we'll garnish your wages or put a lien on your house or something. Lots of insurance plans require some due diligence to actually be covered. If a driver is reckless, they could be on the hook for the full amount of damages.
- elmerfud 5y ago
  That is an insurance plan that you have chosen to get. Search and rescue is sometime we collective have decided as a society to fund with our taxes. When you start picking and choosing what meets your personal definition of risky or advised that is a two-edged sword and eventually it will come back and hurt you as well. If you want to take an apt analogy it would be the fire department does not come out and attempt to cut you out of your damaged car until they've checked your credit record first just in case it's deemed you were at fault or risky. That's not the way it works fire and rescue comes out and attempts to do their best to rescue you from your vehicle without caring who you are or if you can pay. Reclaiming of damages for personal property is not the business of search and rescue. So in the original situation the Coast guard doesn't care whether they save your boat when you send out a mayday they come and help which is what we want.
  - sp332 5y ago
    We set limits on collective kinds of assistance all the time. Variously in law, or regulations, or some official's own discretion. It's very common. Saving someone and holding them accountable for the situation are not exclusive. The fire department might put out a fire and then the government could still fine or jail someone for negligent arson if they took the wrong risk.

sp332 5y ago

Nah, we'll garnish your wages or put a lien on your house or something. Lots of insurance plans require some due diligence to actually be covered. If a driver is reckless, they could be on the hook for the full amount of damages.

elmerfud 5y ago
That is an insurance plan that you have chosen to get. Search and rescue is sometime we collective have decided as a society to fund with our taxes. When you start picking and choosing what meets your personal definition of risky or advised that is a two-edged sword and eventually it will come back and hurt you as well. If you want to take an apt analogy it would be the fire department does not come out and attempt to cut you out of your damaged car until they've checked your credit record first just in case it's deemed you were at fault or risky. That's not the way it works fire and rescue comes out and attempts to do their best to rescue you from your vehicle without caring who you are or if you can pay. Reclaiming of damages for personal property is not the business of search and rescue. So in the original situation the Coast guard doesn't care whether they save your boat when you send out a mayday they come and help which is what we want.
- sp332 5y ago
  We set limits on collective kinds of assistance all the time. Variously in law, or regulations, or some official's own discretion. It's very common. Saving someone and holding them accountable for the situation are not exclusive. The fire department might put out a fire and then the government could still fine or jail someone for negligent arson if they took the wrong risk.