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Originally Posted by Woodsy
Evenstar...
Why note quote up to date reports? Such as the USCG report for 2004? The quote you came up with references data that is 10 YEARS OLD! Lets use something a little more relevant.
Let me guess? Because the current data doesn't support your argument? In the 2004 USCG report there were 1479 collisions with another vessel, resulting in 68 fatalities out of a possible 12,781,476 registered boats. More people die in car collisions!
Woodsy
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First of all this is not my "argument" ... all I did was quote a portion of a USCG document. I never even made a comment on it.
My post was in response to statements claiming that a speed limit would not make NH lakes safer. Here's a direct quote from a USCG document stating that It has been statistically proven that
the number of collisions ... are reduced as speed is reduced."
So, are you trying to suggest that this statement is no longer true?
That there is no longer any statistical relationship between speed and the number of collisions?
BTW: The data that you are using isn't even complete, since it only includes
accidents involving property damage of greater than $2,000, and/or injuries which did require medical treatment beyond first aid.
There's also a relationship between speed and the damage caused by a collision. Or are NH lakes somehow exempt from the law of physics as well?
Since you're looking for an argument: here's mine:
1.) Statistically, slower speeds reduce collisions.
2.) The faster the speed at the time of a collision, the greater the amount of damage (statistically).
3.) A speed limit will reduce speeds.
4.) Therefore a speed limit wiill make NH lakes safer.