
Originally Posted by
silent running
Hello Mathias, while a I appreciate your 2cc and your history of diving in France, what I was getting at is the question of statistics and specifically safety. not fishing or environmental regulations. Are there any statistics to support the idea that the French gov't's level of involvement in the recreational dive business makes diving any safer than in say Germany, UK or Spain? I'd like to see it, especially if it's collected by somebody other than 'Affaires Maritimes'.
Otherwise, without some sort of fact based evidence, govt divers stopping you during your dive is merely intrusive and only serves to make work for somebody and to make some bureaucrat feel better about their dull job.-Andy