elchase is right about the following to a point:
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Winnfabs wanted a permanent SL on all lakes. The 2-yr COMPROMISE came from the House committee.
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Or at least that the initial proposal was for all bodies of water in the state, (HB162) however they couldn't get the support they needed (
they lost the vote) because few legislators wanted to go back to his/her boaters that vote and say that they supported a law that is not needed because of the whim of a few people that don't like High Performance Boats.
So the next attempt was targeted at Lake Winnipesaukee (HB847). After a campaign of complete distortion and lies the 2 year test period was the compromise.
The 2 years was to give supporters time to show how the US Coast Guard and NH Marine Patrol don't know what they are talking about in their assessment of boating in NH while they (supporters of this solution in search of a problem) know what's best as they continue to spin the results to try to show how the lake is safer today than in the past while the number of accidents because of speed remains the same, zero.
I am especially enjoying reading the spin on how a teenager that gets blind drunk, steals his mothers boat then plows into an island in the dead of night would have been prevented from doing that if there were only a speed limit in place at the time!
The disappointment that they have to search all over the world for these stories then try link them to Winnipesaukee because of the lack of relevant accidents on Winnipesaukee must be overwhelming.
As for Safety? Wasn't it elchase that called the Safe Passage law in NH foolish or silly? I guess he has no problem with a boat passing within 10 feet of him as long as it is only going 45!
