USCG Exam Practice · Rule 14 — Head-on Situation
Under the Inland Navigation Rules, when two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision, each vessel shall:
- AAlter course to starboard so that each passes on the port side of the other✓ correct
- BAlter course to port so that each passes on the starboard side of the other
- CReduce speed and sound one prolonged blast
- DMaintain course and speed until the other vessel maneuvers
Why A is correct
33 CFR §83.14(a) requires each vessel in a head-on situation to alter course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other. This is a mutual obligation on both vessels.
Cited:33 CFR §83.14(a)
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