.....when first we practice to deceive.....
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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
...How many more "facts" are needed to get a speed limit?....
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Once again, you should read closely the material you reference for its correct application in the debate confronting us.
For those of you that would like the Reader's Digest version of this tragedy, it is as follow:
Mark Tournillon, a Florida boater boating (but where else) in Florida struck another boat on August 20th killing several people. It is alleged that he was travelling approximately 60 MPH in his performance boat when the collision occured.
Unfortunately what Madrasahs forgot to stress is that Tournillon had a BAC of 0.12, well above the legal limit of .08 BAC. Oh, and he also forgot to tell you that the night of the crime, Tounillon also admitted he had taken the drugs Lortab & Naprosyn that day. By the way, both drugs can cause dizziness or drowsiness and are not to be taken with alcohol. And for those of you that may be wondering, it is universally recognized that Florida has what some believe to be the second toughest Boating While Intoxicated regulations in the country!
As always, the devil is in the details.....
By the way, when Tournillon goes to trial one of the things he will not be charged with is speed. You see, speed becomes one of the many elements of the operting while intoxicated charge.
So let's add it up. Tournillon gets spiked up on a narcotic and another drug, mixes them with a copious amount of alcohol and gets behind the wheel of the boat, already committing several misdemeanor offenses. And we are now to believe that if he had been obeying a speed limit (by the way, haven't even bothered to see if a speed limit applied here, as it really isn't applicable to this debate) that this would have prevented this collision?
If the misdemeanor offenses he committed prior to slamming into the other boat were not enough incentive to keep him from being on the water in the first place, how in God's name would a speed limit made any difference?
There were plenty of laws in place that should have deterred this fool from getting behind the wheel of any type of vehicle. To claim otherwise, especially inferring that an enacted speed limit would have been the deterrent necessary to prevent this not only is completely absurd, but in my opinion shows a complete lack of sensitivity towards the victims and their family involved in this horrendous crime .
Bah Humbug,
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