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TITLE 14 BOATING AND WATERWAYS ¢7001 6695. Searchlights or Other Blinding Lights. (a) Except for law enforcement or search and rescue activities, flashing a searchlight or other blinding light onto the bridge or onto the pilothouse of any vessel underway is prohibited. (b) All floodlights or headlights which may interfere with the proper navigation of an approaching vessel shall be so shielded that the lights will not blind the pilot of such vessel. NOTE: Authority cited:Sections 652,655.3,Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections 652,655.3,Harbors and Navigation Code. 6697. Prima-facie Evidence of Negligent Operation. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 655 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, the following described acts endanger life, limb or property and constitute evidence of reckless or negligent operation: (a) Riding on the bow,gunwale or transom of a vessel propelled by machin- ery underway when such position is not protected by railing or other reasonable deterrent to falling overboard, or riding in a position or manner which is obviously dangerous.These provisions shall not apply to a vessel's crewmen in the act of anchoring,mooring or making fast to a dock or another vessel,or the necessary management of a sail. (b) Maneuvering towed skiers, or other devices, so as to pass the towline over another vessel or its skier. (c) Navigating a vessel,skis or other devices between a towing vessel and its tow or tows. NOTE:Authority cited:Sections 652 and 655,Harbors and Navigation Code.Reference: Sections 650,655 and 655.3, Harbors and Navigation Code. Article 6. Waterway Marking System 7000. Scope. Pursuant to the authority vested in it by Section 659,Harbors and Navigation Code, the Department adopts rules and regulations for a uniform system for marking the State's waters;such rules and regulations to establish, (a) a system of regulatory markers for use on all waters of the State to meet needs not provided for by the U.S. Coast Guard system of navigational aids, and (b) a system of navigational aids for use on the waters of the State not marked by the U.S. Coast Guard and/or not determined to be United States navigable waters; provided that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with the mark- ings prescribed by the U.S. Coast Guard. NOTE: Authority cited:Section 659,Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference:Sections 650 and 659, Harbors and Navigation Code. 7001. Definition (as used in this article). (a) Waterway marker is any device designed to be placed in,on or near the water to convey an official message to a boat operator on matters which may affect health,safety,or well being,except that such devices of the United States or an agency of the United States are excluded from the meaning of this definition. 169