Mandated boater education in NH is working!
Let's take a look at the statistics:
2000, 94 accidents, 7 involving fatalities, 7 deaths
2001, 74 accidents, 5 involving fatalities, 6 deaths
2002, 68 accidents, 3 involving fatalities, 3 deaths
2003, 49 accidents, 5 involving fatalities, 6 deaths
2004, 35 accidents, 2 involving fatalities, 2 deaths
As you can see each year the number of accidents has declined. with the exception of 2003 the number of fatalities has also declined.
From 2000 to 2004 the number of boating accidents in NH has decreased by almost 66 percent!
That shows that boater education in the state is working!!!
Once EVERYONE, even us old timers, need to have completed a boating course and get our certificate those numbers will drop even further.
Do we need more Marine Patrol Officers, YES! Do we need additional laws that even the Marine Patrol in at least one newspaper interview has deemed unenforcable and unnecessary? NO!.
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