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Originally Posted by Airwaves
And there it is, the lie they keep repeating over and over and over that strikes fear into the minds of non-boaters among the population and legislature.
Boating is not safe! Boating on Lake Winnipesaukee is not safe!
It doesn't matter that Marine Patrol accident records show there hasn't been a vessel to vessel accident cause by speed on Lake Winnipesaukee in years.
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I've posted this several times, but have been pretty much ignored every time: The absense of boat fatalities and collisions is NOT proof that the lake is save. What about close calls?
There are no statistics on close calls, but that doesn't mean they are not happening. In fact it has been my personal experience that they happen rather often.
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It doesn't matter that Marine Patrol research this past summer showed fewer than 1 percent of the boats clocked by radar were going faster than the proposed speed limit.
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I've shown why that study was not even a valid study. They basically did everything wrong; in fact that study was so flawed that it could be used for an example of all the things not to do, when you are attempting to do a valid study.
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It doesn't matter that the very thing they say is happening on Lake Winnipesaukee when Hi Performance boats are out there is happening when the boats are away for the winter, they just ignore that. Who needs a safe lake in the winter?
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I'm actually in favor of having lake speed limits apply to snowmobiles.
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These things are to be ignored when you're ultmate goal is to eliminate a specific class of boat, period!
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My goal is to make NH lakes safer, period. The original bill was for all NH lakes, and that's still my goal. I honestly feel that a speed limit is a good way to make any lake safer. It's not the only way, but it is part of the overall solution.