| Re: Personal Locator Beacons
This is a concern to some people but a unit owner is unlikely to lend the PLB to a yob. They have to be registered to the owner with the PLB registry and licensed with OFCOM. At a cost of around £280 for a GPS PLB personally I wouldn't let somone else borrow it.
On top of this the current rules and regulations cover misuse by fines, confiscation and imprisonment. Before any response by the SARs they do go through a system check and being GPS they can pinpoint if it has been set off accidentally at home. Also they can check by phoning the owner or an elected point of contact.
Yesterday there was a marine prankster who was jailed for misuse of the SAR as a joke. |