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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Your argument that we don't need speed limits because people are dying in snowmoblies make no sense what so ever. Apples and oranges! If you feel the need, found WinnFASS. (first "S" for snowmobile)
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Here is how it works:
Apples = Lake Winnie deaths from speeding boats over 45 mph.
Oranges = Lake Winnie deaths from snowmobiles.
Both the apples and the oranges represent serious personal injury. One yields an overwhelmingly high % of deaths compared to the other.
You have a
mountain of oranges and a mole hill of apples. Which should you address first? Why concentrate on the mole hill instead of the mountain?
It makes no sense whatsoever to expend all this energy on the apples (deaths from boats over 45 mph) and neglect the oranges (high number of snowmobile deaths).
Just compare the numbers. Snomobiles cause so many more deaths than fast boats.
an aside. I laughed at your WinnFASS comment.