New boating safety laws have helped keep Lanier safe

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New boating safety laws have helped keep Lanier safe

Dan and Linda Ellington float around the cove off Old Federal Park on Wednesday afternoon at Lake Lanier’s southern end. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0829BOATERS 1 — Dan and Linda Ellington float around the cove off Old Federal Park on Wednesday afternoon at Lake Lanier’s southern end. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Emma Witman

Updated: Aug 29, 2013, 4:15 AM

Published: Aug 29, 2013, 4:18 AM

Through mid-August, Lake Lanier has boasted one of its safest, least accident-riddled summers in several years, statistics with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources show. DNR Sgt. Mike Burgamy said new laws, including a lowered BUI limit from 0.10 to 0.08, have been “aggressively enforced,” and that public awareness campaigns have helped keep citations down. “Public awareness and education (have) really played a big part.

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