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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

It's my understanding that anyone operating a ship is required by law to respond to distress calls. Though it would be something to issue a distress call and have a luxury yatch respond

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (11 children)

How enforceable would that be though? Do ships keep logs of received transmissions? Like how hard would it be to hear the distress call and just turn off the radio?

If the transmission isn't recorded there's no way of knowing if a person deliberately ignored a distress signal or just didn't receive it.

[–] pixelscience@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

I think it's more of a "don't be an asshole, cause it could be you" type of situation.

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