HB162 doesn't require ANY expenditures. We have plenty of other boating laws and none of them are posted on boat ramps. I have run into more than one person, including a long time island resident, that had no idea about safe boating certificate requirements. The word will get around, and if the MP stops you I'm sure a real good blank face will mean a warning instead of a ticket.
Anyway one sign down on rt93 would be seen by 90% of the lakes community if they did want to put up a sign.
The MP might get a radar unit. One is probably enough so they can make a show of it on a busy weekend. But even if they don't get any radar, the officers estimation is good in court. It doesn't take electronics to tell when a boat is going 90 in a 45 zone.
Most boaters are law abiding, they will obey the law because it is the law, not because they are afraid of the MP. OK they might stretch 45 into 55, just like they do on the highways.
Every now and then somebody will open it up on the broads... so what!
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