I read through this post in it's entirety yesterday and again today, and no matter what I do, it makes ZERO sense to me.
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2) Indisputably, NHMP Lt. Dunleavey stated that there is a 4-in-5 chance that alcohol will be on board a "recreational" boat. (And drinking that alcohol on board is legal!)
Recreational drugs (which are not exactly unseen at sand bars) are unaccounted for.
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You don't seem to understand this statistic. 80% of boats with alcohol does not mean 80% of drivers are drunk or have even consumed a drop. My boat probably has alcohol on board 90% of the time, but I've never (and will never) been guilty of BUI.
So now we are also supposed to assume that people are high on drugs if not explicitly proved otherwise? What does any of this have to do with speed?
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6) Repeatedly reciting Interstate analogies is tiresome: truck and car traffic travel parallel to one another. Tracking boats zig-zagging across our waters would show that the tracks across an automobile "destruction derby" is a far better analogy. (Fortunately for boaters, there are many-more "misses" than "hits".)
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Yet the cars are driving 4-6 feet from each other, 10-30 feet from trees, rocks, and other potentially fatal hazards. Boats should not be driving within less than 150 feet of
anything at any kind of speed.
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1) Combining the two "highest-speed" categories results in 245 fatalities. (Remarkable in itself).
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By what math? I can't find any two numbers in the fatality column that add up to 245. The two highest speed categories add up to 66.
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4)And finally:
Paraphrasing President Obama, we Supporters have only "skin in this game". However, this Supporter observes that at least one Opponent has a multi-million dollar financial stake "in this game".
Where is the "I recuse myself from this discussion" button? 
What do we forum members think about the incentive for postings where genuine "skin" is not involved— but dollars are? 
(Anybody?)
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On on Earth are you talking about?