Woodsy
Your argument is under the assumption that a MP officer if will give someone a ticket instead of a warning if that person has a plausible explanation as to why they didn't know about the new law. I disagree, there will obviously be a "break in period" when the MP are going to give warnings instead of tickets except in the most flagrant violations. I doubt if anybody will get a ticket the first time they are stopped with an out of state registration. Really this is an entire mountain range being made out of a mole hill.
You also assume that a judge would not give somebody a break for not knowing about a new law.
The MP are pretty good at what they do. Like most law enforcement officers the can tell the difference between a genuine excuse and a con job. Didn't you watch "Cops" on TV?
Although the law will be 45 mph I would not say there was an "enforcement problem" until boats are going 60 or more. Only a very small percentage of boats can go that fast. Most NH lakes do not have public access and almost all are to small to attract a boat like that. This idea that the MP will need to be traveling around the state with radar to small lakes is beyond the absurd.
You are also forgetting that the MP do not need radar to give speeders tickets. How well these tickets will hold up in court is not the point.
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