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USCG Exam PracticeRule 6 — Safe Speed

Under the Inland Navigation Rules, every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can do which of the following?

  1. A. Maintain a steady course and avoid all traffic separation schemes
  2. Take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditionsCorrect
  3. C. Maintain steerage way at all times regardless of visibility
  4. D. Proceed at a speed that allows the vessel to maneuver within her own length

Why B is correct

33 CFR §83.06 states that every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions. The Rule imposes no requirement to maintain steerage way or to maneuver within the vessel's own length.

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