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Originally Posted by Weirs guy
"...My point was more that we should not lay blame for this at the feet of the kind of vessel being operated in the dark by the drunk.
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The kind of vessel matters:
Would a human being with a 32-foot 90-MPH boat go for a spin only to kill two innocent boaters, toss a friend's teenaged daughter into pitch-black lake waters 1000 feet from shore, and have a driverless boat penetrate 132 feet into a shoreline lined with cabins?
Maine law describes this boat as "a Deadly Weapon". Why would they allow such boats to operate on inland protected waters by
sober operators?
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Originally Posted by Weirs guy
"...Would the victims families feel better had Mr. LaPointe killed their loved ones with a 20' bow rider (thats still capable of 45 MPH without the dual 435-horsepower engines) going to fast and drunk? I doubt it.
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Statistics...Production of Grieving Families by Boat Type in Local Collisions:
Ocean-racers = 3
Bow riders = Zero