Clips are available for all kill switches. Need a Universal Kill Switch? It will work on gas or diesel engines. Available upon request. HARD WIRED units are available upon request. No batteries required! Great for those who work and spend long hours on the water. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Don't let this happen to you! Joseph Gross, 51, of Westerly, was rescued by the Coast Guard at 3:37 a.m. suffering from hypothermia. Gross spent ten hours in the waters off after falling overboard and the his boat runs away.

From News 8 (click to play) - Man's invention is a life saver: wtnh.com

1/31/12: Mystic, Conn. (WTNH) - They say necessity is the mother of invention and for a Connecticut man his invention may just be a life saver as well. "There's a radio signal going back and forth between this," Anthony Viggiano explained, "which goes on your body and this which goes on the boat." Viggiano says you no longer need to be tethered to your boat's kill switch. His Autotether device, a wireless man-overboard system, makes that connection wireless and triggers the shut off if it gets wet or extends beyond a certain distance from the boat........

CHESTER, CONNECTICUT (USA) – In a ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut on October 27, the wireless lanyard system manufactured by Autotether™ received the Connecticut Technology Council 2011 Innovation Pipeline Award as the most promising new technology product of the year.

“We’re honored to be recognized by our home state Technology Council. With the U.S. Coast Guard currently developing a regulation to require the installation and use of engine cut-off switches, this award couldn’t come at a better time for our company,” said Autotether CEO Anthony Viggiano.

The new Coast Guard regulation would require the installation and use of engine cut-off switches (lanyards) for boats less than 26 feet. Lanyards turn off a boat's engine if the operator is ejected from the boat, preventing boating injuries and casualties caused when people are struck by the boat or its propeller.

While cut-off switches are already standard equipment on many small powerboats, the factory-installed systems require the operator to be tethered to the boat. As a result, these systems limit mobility on board and boaters generally don’t use them. The patented Autotether Wireless Lanyard System is an easy-to-install, unobtrusive wireless unit.

No wiring or tools are required – the system clips to the existing kill switch and is self-powered with AAA batteries. A small personal sensor sends radio waves to a receiver connected to a boat’s engine and Autotether shuts off the engine if the boat operator falls into the water. It also sets off an alarm if passengers on the boat wearing the Autotether sensors (including children and pets) fall into the water. The passenger sensors can also shut off the boat’s engine when the red alert button is pushed in the event that you have a runaway boat. Some insurance companies offer a discount on boat insurance for boats equipped with an Autotether Wireless Lanyard System.