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Duck Boats inherently unsafe

42 people have died in commercially operated civilian duck boats,. The boats are being used in marine environments totally unsuited to them

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5976747/Lawyer-calls-duck-boats-BANNED-17-passengers-drown-Missouri.html

2A02:C7F:DA68:2600:293B:8222:D289:4FDA (talk) 08:53, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

That's the Daily Mail, also known as "Daily Fail". You'll need a more reliable source, and you'll also need to ignore the many rescues performed with the DUKW. I'd say the various deaths on DUKW tourist outings are due to poor judgement on the part of the operator, or poor maintenance of the vehicle. Binksternet (talk) 09:52, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Gosh. Who could have guessed that a military vehicle created to transport troops in 1942 may not anticipate safety standards expected for public transport in 2018. Go figure. (For comparison, the equivalent car might be a Pontiac Streamliner or aircraft might be a DC4. I imagine few of either are used to transport paying passengers nowadays.)

But the NTSB warned about the dangers - poor maintenance, inadequate reserve buoyancy, and closed canopies preventing escape - nearly 20 years ago. As the article on duck tour notes, an incident in London in 2013 was caused by the foam added to a DUKW to improve its reserve buoyancy catching fire. 213.205.240.154 (talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

It does seem like we should have a comment on the many accidents & incidents on Duck tours. Perhaps adapting a shortened version from that page for here. Pete Tillman (talk) 18:26, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

See Duck_tour#Safety. For example, on July 7, 2010, a modern Duck-tour boat was run over by a barge. The operator of the tug pushing the barge was on his personal cell phone. Numerous calls from other failed to alert him. Two passengers were drowned, and the dimwit pilot was sentenced to a year in prison for his negligence. Pete Tillman (talk) 18:34, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Duck boat

When did these things acquire the name "duck boat"? For a start, it is a wheeled vehicle that can swim, not a boat. The earliest reference I can find is to the Philadelphia tour company, Duck Boat Tours Inc, which began operating in 2004. 213.205.240.154 (talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

"For a start, it is a wheeled vehicle that can swim, not a boat." Yes, just like ducks, which are birds that spend the majority of their time on land, but go into the water to forage for food or escape predators. Yet, ducks are associated more with water than land. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:7800:9F15:7828:29A2:7415:4B43 (talk) 12:43, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

The K in DUKW

We have a Highlander situation. This DUKW article says that K designates front-wheel drive. The CCKW article says that K designates all-wheel drive. There can be only one. 92.10.212.241 (talk) 15:47, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

The cited source says "The third letter, 'K', is the letter given to GMC vehicles which have front wheel drive". This was effectively all-wheel drive because front drive was added to rear-wheel drive. Binksternet (talk) 16:01, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Logical.... Pete Tillman (talk) 18:22, 2 August 2025 (UTC)