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Original quote from Acres per Second:
When contrasting the two statements, one can conclude:
1) Ten years ago, there was an increased speedboat danger or...
2) In 2004, non-speedboats were staying home.
In either case, I'd value the statement of a senior U. S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer over a junior local official harboring a narrow—and possibly jaundiced—view. Remember this infamous NHMP statement regarding the boater-count last season?
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Actually the waters in NH
ARE safer now than they were ten years ago! Why?
BOATER EDUCATION! If you will go back and review even the past 5 years in the CG address that I provided you will see the number of accidents and fatalies in NH falling, I directly attribute that to
BOATER EDUCATION!
As for taking the word of a CG Chief Warrent Officer over Lt Dunleavy, I could be wrong (and if I am I have no doubt that I will hear it) but it's my understanding that Lt Dunleavy did his inital training on the water as a member of the United States Coast Guard!
BTW, and I can look it up if no one knows off the top of their heads, Where is Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce?
Lt. Dunleavy did not say speed doesn't kill, he said there were no fatalities related to speed above the proposed limits in the past 5 years. Here is the quote from the article:
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Of 269 accidents recorded from 2000 through 2004, only 19 (7 percent) involved boats exceeding the proposed limits, according to Marine Patrol Lt. Tim Dunleavy. None of the accidents resulted in fatalities.
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