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Originally Posted by jrc
Does anyone really believe the drinking problem on boats or cars for that matter, is meaningfully related to having an open container while the boat is moving?
The problem is driving a boat after they drank too much. Some people sit at the sand bar, anchorage, a party, a dock and drink too much, then they drive the boat home when they shouldn't. Some people go to a restaurant or bar and drink too much then they drive the boat home when they shouldn't.
Go after the real problem, not some side issue that make you feel good.
Everyone knows if the MP put 3 or 4 boats at the mouth of Braun Bay on weekends around dusk, and do the same with the town docks in Meredith and Wolfeboro after last call, this would make a huge dent in the problem.
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I’m not familiar with the problem at “
Braun Bay”, can you enlighten me a little on that. I see people having fun and consuming beverages there but I didn’t know that when they left the Bay to go somewhere else that the captains of these boats were intoxicated beyond the .08 level. Maybe having checkpoints in that area when boats are leaving would be a good idea then.
I am also not familiar with the problems at “
the town dock in Meredith and Wolfeboro after last call”. Is this something that you have witnessed and know for a fact that a lot of boaters are piloting there boats while over the .08 level?
I’m not trying to give you a hard time, it’s just that I didn’t know that we need up to 12 MP personnel and boats to fix this problem in those areas of the Lake.