Question 21 TV01 - Towing Vessels - Oceans or Near Coastal

The Correct Answer is C 1. **Why option C ("not result in another close-quarters situation") is correct:** This option directly reflects a requirement mandated by Rule 8(d) of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and the Inland Rules. Rule 8 (Action to Avoid Collision) specifies that action taken to avoid collision must be “substantial” and “made in good time.” Specifically, Rule 8(d) states: "Action taken to avoid collision shall be such as to result in passing at a safe distance. The effectiveness of the action shall be carefully checked until the other vessel is finally past and clear." By extension, any action taken must resolve the danger and **must not create a new danger or close-quarters situation** with the same or another vessel, ensuring the vessels pass at a safe distance. 2. **Why the other options are incorrect:** * **A) include a speed change:** This is incorrect because changing speed (altering RPMs, stopping engines, etc.) is only **one** possible component of action to avoid collision. Rule 8(b) states that changes in course and/or speed should be substantial. Often, a simple and substantial course change (turning) is the most effective and safest action, and a speed change might not be necessary or appropriate, depending on the circumstances. * **B) be accompanied by sound signals:** This is incorrect. Sound signals are required only when specific maneuvers are performed (like altering course to port or starboard in restricted visibility, or when backing up, or in the case of Inland Rules, when meeting, crossing, or overtaking). General action taken to avoid a collision, such as a substantial turn in good visibility, does not automatically require an accompanying sound signal unless it is also an overtaking, meeting, or crossing situation governed by the signals in Rule 34 (COLREGS) or Subpart D (Inland). In many avoidance maneuvers, no signal is required or appropriate. * **D) All of the above:** Since options A and B are incorrect, this option is also incorrect.