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Originally Posted by codeman671
How many here would settle for going with a 25mph night time speed limit and changing the daytime law to more of a safe and prudent speed depending on conditions? Any thoughts on this? I think it is a decent compromise....There has to be some more to compromise on somewhere...
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I am told that there were numerous offers for compromise last spring, all offered by the SL supporters and all rejected out of hand by NHRBA. I seem to recall they had a logo that had a red circle around and a line through the word "Limits". Compromise was not one of their considerations. Not even 100MPH..."No Limits" was the cry. Of course, the SL supporters do not have that authority anyway. Keep in mind that the mostly Republican RR&D Committee did not just recommend HB162, they made it stricter and broader...then recommended it. It's their bill now.
Besides, this is kind of like the convicted murderer saying "Now I'll consider that plea bargain you offered". The time for negotiating a settlement agreement is before you get a judgement.
Of course, anything can happen in Concord...this time. But the tide has turned for good on limitless no-rules boating on Lake Winnipesaukee. It has been made clear that there are huge problems which current laws and current MP strategies are not solving, and that it is time for drastic changes. And the State surely now recognizes the huge amount of liability it would have if it did nothing in view of all that was brought to its attention this summer. The Committee's findings that dangers exist cannot be hidden or undone.
I read where one of the Supreme Court justices in the Littlefield case expressed disbelief that Winnipesaukee did not have any speed limit. Imagine the punitive damages that the family of the next fatality will collect from NH's taxpayers (me and you) when the civil case against the State comes before that court, if the legislature has blown this issue off again this time.