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Originally Posted by jeffk
"...If we don't want knee jerk solutions to stupid behavior and the seemingly inevitable crash or death, what can we change now to get a better outcome?"
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Don't worry about "incident" reactions. The Dealers already have them outlined:
1) It was a "freak" incident.
2) Let's not commit some knee-jerk reaction.
3) It could have happened anywhere.
4) Awareness is the solution to incidents like this.
5) We need more boater education to prevent incidents like this.
6) It's
too soon to determine the next course of action. (My favorite).
7) Let's not panic over this incident.
8) Let's keep cool heads over this incident.
9) This incident was caused by defective hardware.
10) The smaller boat was at fault in this incident.
11) They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
12) At least he was doing what he loved to do.
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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
"...Answering your question above I believe the MP estimated the speed of the Baja at about 27 MPH, not really a different velocity than the proposed 25 mph..."
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1) But we don't know what the speed of the Baja
actually was!
In
civil law suits, it is not unusual to simulate the collision with the actual device(s) used. Then we know for sure. All we have now is supposition or
the testimony of the perpetrator.
2) I find it curious that we "skipped" a year without some Legislator's speed limit proposal. We expected one in 2002, and got one. Was it in 2004 that more Winnipesaukee boaters were exposed to the "excesses" of Big Boaters? Should it be called "Raised Consciousness?"
There certainly were plenty of them this past season --
and lewd behavior with them.
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...97&postcount=9
They're getting thrown off other protected inland waters and
we're getting stuck with them.