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VIII.3. General regulations

Water tours cannot be conducted in case of limited visibility conditions. Limited visibility conditions prevail if visibility is less than 1000 m (due to fog, vapour, snowfall, heavy rain or other reasons).

Darkness is also a factor if visibility is less than 1000 m.

VIII.3.1. Suitability for driving water vehicles:

A person is allowed to drive or driving may be given over to a person who

  1. Is not under the influence of drugs and his/her body does not show any traces of alcohol, or other substance (drug, medicine or their combination).
  2. Does not show signs of tiredness and exhaustion.

A water vehicle is to be driven considering weather, traffic and waterway conditions. .

VIII.3.2. Rules of water transport and driving small boats

When using kayaks, canoes and rowboats, the rules of water transport need to be considered.

Departing from riverside or from a harbour with a boat, small ship or water sport equipment, or turn around with them is possible only if the maneuvre does not disturb other vehicles and does not endanger persons who are in the water.

When boats cross each other’s way the priority goes to the one which is coming from the right.

When two vehicles meet both of them need to keep to the right and so their left sides meet.

If two boats meet (one of them is a sailing boat) the non-sailing boat is obliged to go out of the way of the sailing boat.

It is forbidden to cross with a boat  (except for the boat belonging to a ship) ),

  1. The route of a bigger ship at a distance of shorter than 1,000 m.
  2. The route of a fast ship equipped with two blinking yellow lights (1000x120 times per minute) at a distance of shorter than 1500 metres.
  3. It is also forbidden to approach the vehicles detailed in points a) and b) by 60 m from behind and 30 m from the side, unless the size of the waterway makes it a realistic condition.

It is forbidden to be under ropes, jambs and other anchoring devices which can be found between an anchored floating structure and the riverside and approach the rope by 50 m.