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I have no idea what percentage of all pilots know that local VFR
procedures are not mandatory nor what percentage of all pilots know
that part 150 procedures are, and it makes no difference to the
arguement of whether or not following local VFR procedures are safe.

Yes.

Yes.

It is not.


Yes it is. It says, "LEFT TURNS ONLY, NO STRAIGHT-OUT DEPARTURES, NO RIGHT
DEPARTURES, NO DOWN-WIND DEPARTURES, NO STRAIGHT-IN APPROACHES". A bit
further down it says, "NOTE: There are no downwind, straight-out, or right
departures." The only part that is actually mandatory is "left turns only",
and then only on approach. Nothing at all that says compliance is strictly
voluntary.