🔍 Key Concepts

• INLAND Navigation Rules regarding public safety activities lighting • Interaction between special lights and required navigation lights • Purpose of special lights: to identify public safety operations without confusing other vessels

💭 Think About

• Think about what could happen if a special public safety light made it harder to see, or easy to confuse with, normal nav lights. • Ask yourself: should a special light change how other mariners see the vessel’s red/green/white navigation lights, or should those stay clearly visible and recognizable? • Consider which option focuses on safety for all traffic, not just the public safety vessel.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify how special lights are allowed in addition to normal navigation lights under the Inland Rules. • Check which choice talks about not degrading or obscuring the normal navigation lights. • Eliminate any option that would dictate the mounting position of the light instead of addressing its effect on navigation lights.