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Originally Posted by Jan
So what about Lake George? If they passed a 45 mph speed limit there why not here?
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Specifically for the reasons mentioned above, but also doing something just because NY does it, seems like a terrible reason to do something in NH.
There are already laws in place that govern boating, and common sense nicely covers any other aspects of the pasttime. If people obeyed the existing laws and used common sense, there would be no accidents. Maybe we need to punish folks for not using common sense rather than those that go fast where it's safe to do so... How about fines for running up on the Witches? You just know that anyone that would do that would be quite likely to do other dumb things.
Our society seems comfortable with punishing those who are perceived to be unsafe and having pity on those that do something really dumb. You see police issuing speeding tickets to automobile drivers all the time based on that notion that speed may lead to an accident, but they rarely write tickets after someone proves beyond all doubt that they were driving in an unsafe manner by actually having an accident.
I think we need to ask ourselves "why do we need a speed limit?", not "why not have one?"...