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Originally Posted by Islander
Didn't I predict that people would quible and explain away the simple facts. Enforcement, radar and bow angles are not the question. 28 is more than 25, end of story!
One again you guys are TOTALY MISSING THE POINT!
If HB162 had passed 5 years ago there is an excellent chance that the Littlefield boat would not have even been on the lake!
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I don't think people are quibbling at all, they're trying to point out that a night time speed limit of 25 mph can't reasonably be expected to have prevented this accident. It's unreasonable to think that the MP would have stopped Littlefield that night, even if they had measured his true speed. Littlefield had more than ample time to have seen and have avoided the Hartman boat. He never took any evasive action so if he had been going 25 vs 28, it's reasonable to expect that the collision would still have occured and no reason to believe the outcome would have been any better.
As for the excellent chance that the Baja wouldn't have been on the lake ... well let me ask you to think about 2 things. First speed limits on our roadways haven't stopped people from buying performance oriented cars like Porches, Ferrari's and even more mundane Mustangs, so I tend to disbelieve the chance is excellent. But let's say that it is and replay that night. Littlefield gets into a boat like mine, a pedestrian 24' Wellcraft, and heads out that night. Are you saying the collision is now almost guaranteed to not happen ?