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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
Enough Crap!
I have been boating on Winnipesaukee for over 40 years and I own both residential and commercial property on the lake in two different towns.
Anyone (really anyone) who tells you that the speed limit is either needed or has made one bit of difference is delusional.
Every summer I am out in my my boat at least 5 days a week from May 1st until sometime in October. The only change that I have seen while boating on the lake is that for the last two years there has been reduced traffic because of the economy. The proof of that is that marinas have many slip vacancies and the gas consumption on the lake is down substantially. Ask the marina owners.
There is no credible evidence that the speed limit accomplishes a thing except to waste the time of legislators, marine patrol, and citizens and taxpayers!
The clowns that keep pushing this should find a new hobby!
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Everyone has a right to be wrong but the speed limit rhetoric is over the top. Your concise comments TiltonBB sum it up so well. Too bad there are no "studies" to demonstrate how true this is.
Some people would rather the MP spend hours and hours playing speed laser tag with a very few fast boats instead of watching for safe passage and right of way violations and safety issues.