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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Woodsy
The Marine Patrol doesn't need to do all those things. Many NH lakes already have speed limits and it has not required any special spending.
You seem to believe that if this law passes a speed limit task force must be trained and deployed. I disagree.
The speed limit will, for the most part, be self enforcing. Officers don't need radar to determine if a boat is going 80 mph. I don't really care if lots of tickets are passed out, or if they stand up in court.
Once again the reason we need HB847 is to send a message. The message is "there are limits".
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Am I reading this correctly? With as much time and effort as people have spent pushing for it, the added load it put on the legal system to research and hold hearings on it, and the work that the MP did to radar test and you could care less if it has any effect at all if it passes? That is the funniest thing that I have read all week.
Does the state need another useless law on the books? This ranks right up there with the following beauties all ready on the lawbooks:
"You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe."
"You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt."
"It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name."
"It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach."
"Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its feces."
"You may not run machinery on Sundays."
"On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up."