November 23, 2024

Labor Day usually means a lot of boaters on the area lakes across the state. The Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Kansas Highway Patrol wants you to know it’s important to understand the dangers of boating under the influence… or BUI. Here’s Lieutenant Brad Hageman from the Kansas Parks Department.:

The Department notes that many factors contribute to the way alcohol affects a person on the water, like sun, wind, glare, dehydration and motion sickness. They say these can all cause a person to become intoxicated about three times faster on the water than onshore.