Marine Patrol Releases Stats
I was just browsing the Marine Patrol site and they have released their 2009 season stats. Some interesting information.
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Here is a link to the statistics http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/s.../activity.html
Overall accidents and deaths were up but BWI was down. :confused: <TABLE id=dataTable align=center><TBODY><TR><TH colSpan=3>2009 Speed Enforcement Statistics for Lake Winnipesaukee</TH></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Offense</TD><TD align=middle>Summons</TD><TD align=middle>Warnings</TD></TR><TR><TD>Speed - no wake zone</TD><TD align=right>9</TD><TD align=right>41</TD></TR><TR><TD>Speed under bridge</TD><TD align=right>0</TD><TD align=right>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>Speed Limit violation</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>26</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> |
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65 accidents is way up from 2007 and 2008, but lower than in prior years. The accident data, especially collisions of all kinds, is disturbing. I don't remember seeing any threads about collisions this year. At least the BWI's are down, hopefully because there weren't as many drunk boaters. All in all, I'd rate is a disturbing set of data for a bad boating year. One resisting arrest..... hmmmmmm maybe he's in more than one stat. |
Looks like BWI arrests hit an 8 year low.:rolleye1:
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For instance. Boat registrations down, requests for service down. Accidents and incidents are up, fatalities are also up Collisions of all kinds are up, including non-powered vessels. Warnings and summons are down. Even a cursory inspection reveals that while there were more problems this past year, even with fewer boats, there was also less enforcement. Let me rephrase that. Fewer stops and/or tickets were made. So who's getting into all these boating accidents? I hardly heard of any :confused: |
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This is very disturbing, accidents and deaths are up? This is not what we were told would happen. :rolleye1:
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Boat registrations were roughly the same for 2009 as 2008, so those two years are sort of apples to apples. Weather was fairly similar as well. The economy wasn't too different either. So the $64,000 is...was 2009 any safer (it was perceived to be by some) on the Big Lake? Let the debate begin!
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Fatalites Increased 195%...?
1) Those "Collisions" with rocks is trending 'way down. Is that due to increased GPS use and Bizer's comprehensive charting of rocks?
2) The decline in boat registrations follows a national trend away from boating (hence the Discover Boating advertisements by the "marine trades"), so how many previously-existing registrants are discouraged by ethanol-related expenses? 3) Why do they separate "Accidents" from "Incidents"? Do "Incidents" cover the cases where the MPs are advised after 24-hours have passed or a third party reports the case? :confused: When damage is less than $2000, or can't be determined at the time? :confused: Quote:
Before this 195% increase in fatalities :rolleye2:, I remember seeing this appear repeatedly: Quote:
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So it appears that those who felt the lake was safer this year were wrong, in reality it was actually less safe, imagine that. I love data.
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Stats
I believe that these stats are for all of NH lakes and rivers....not just Winnipesaukee. I wonder if there is a breakdown of stats available?
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Based on the 2009 results the data clearly shows a particular law did nothing to make the lake safer. It appears the lake was safer prior to 2009.
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MP budget
The marine patrol budget is down this year. That means less resources available for enforcement of the waterways. So it does not surprise me that accidents will be up and BUI infractions will be down.
The number of NWZ infractions tells me that there are an awfully lot of 'boneheads' out there. And it will get worst. The only way we can make our waters safer is to make sure the marine patrol has enough funds to do their jobs. Not creating more headaches. |
Though it begs the question...with BUI's way down...did all the people who threatened to leave Winni and NH because of a new law do so ?
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No one left, could be BUI's are down due to stretched MP resources.
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These stats I don't think reflect the relatively light boat traffic on the lake this year, I'd venture to say it was even lighter this year than last. The weather really messed things up, even for me I was off a good 40-50 hours of operation due to the weather.
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Agreement.
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As I said no one left. I see the same boats this year as I have seen for the past several seasons and some new one's to boot. Saying they were leaving was a bunch of stuff as I think most here know.
With only 26 warnings considering the number of boats that use the lake this clearly shows that this is not a problem and backs up the study the MP did which also showed this wan not an issue. Data, gotta love it!!!. |
Whenever more specific data comes out, perhaps this will be clearer.
Personally, I'd love to discuss just the data itself, with no agenda one way or the other. I "Think" we can have an intelligent discussion without the singling out of one issue or another. :rolleye2: |
Inconclusive
My opinion is the data does not show much, one way or the other. I believe we need another year to see two years of data before any real conclusion can be drawn.
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