A remote control system for a marine vessel includes a helm transceiver positioned on the marine vessel and configured to communicate with one or more fobs, and at least one operator fob configured to wirelessly transmit a fob signal to the helm transceiver on the marine vessel. A controller is configured to receive the fob signal transmitted by the operator fob and to determine an operator distance based on the fob signal. The operator distance is compared with one or more threshold distances, and then a system command is generated based on the comparison of the operator distance to the one or more threshold distances so as to control operation of one or more devices on the marine vessel.

An external airbag safety system is provided. The airbag safety system embodied in the present invention is adapted to inflate externally around a vehicle or structure to lessen the impact of a collision. Each external airbag may be urged from a deflated stowed condition to an inflated deployed condition immediately prior the collision sensed by one or more of the sensors. In the stowed condition, the boundaries of the external airbags are mutually inclusive of the boundary of the associated vehicle or structure, while in the deployed condition the inflated airbag forms a shock-absorbing shape protruding operatively beyond the boundary of the associated vehicle or structure, thereby lessening the total destruction wrought from the imminent collision.

A remote control system for a marine vessel includes a helm transceiver positioned on the marine vessel and configured to communicate with one or more fobs, and at least one operator fob configured to wirelessly transmit a fob signal to the helm transceiver on the marine vessel. A controller is configured to receive the fob signal transmitted by the operator fob and to determine an operator distance based on the fob signal. The operator distance is compared with one or more threshold distances, and then a system command is generated based on the comparison of the operator distance to the one or more threshold distances so as to control operation of one or more devices on the marine vessel.