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Yankee · 08-18-2011, 07:04 PM

Marine Patrol provides data on big lake speed tickets
By Michael Kitch

Aug 18, 2011 12:00 am

GILFORD - Lieutenant Tim Dunleavy of the New Hampshire Marine Patrol said
yesterday that enforcement of the law limiting boat speeds on Lake
Winnipesaukee to 45 mph. in daylight and 30 mph. after dark has brought no
surprises. "What we're seeing is consistent with the data we collected
before the law was enacted and enforced," he said.
Dunleavy said that through the month of July, Marine Patrol officers made 21
stops for excessive speed and issued six tickets and 15 warnings. Only five
of the stops were made at night, leaving 16 made in the daytime. One
particular 50-foot performance boat, like those featured on "Miami Vice,"
was stopped four times for excessive speed, representing a quarter of all
the daytime stops.
Three personal watercraft, better known as jet-skis, and a jet boat
manufactured by Sea-Doo, all less than 20 feet in length, accounted for four
stops. There were four stops of vessels between 21-feet and 25-feet in
length, five of vessels between 26-feet and 30-feet in length and four of
vessels between 31-feet and 35-feet in length.
Dunleavy said that contrary to the recent assertions by a reader of The
Laconia Daily Sun, made in correspondence to the newspaper, that Marine
Patrol has limited its enforcement efforts to large performance boats, the
data indicates that officers have stopped vessels of all sizes traveling at
excessive speeds. "People on shore often don't know why an officer stops a
particular boat," he said. He explained that officers may come along aside
in response to requests for assistance or direction as well as to cite the
helmsman for an infraction, which may or may not involve excessive speed.
The data, Dunleavy suggested, reveals little about the impact of imposing
the speed limits. Repeating that the results mirrored those found before the
law was enacted, he said that "it is really had to say whether the law has
had a significant impact" and noted that other factors, including fuel
prices, the economy and the weather, may affect the volume and speed of boat
traffic. Dunleavy did allow that the relatively small number of stops
indicated a high level voluntary compliance with the speed limits.

08-18-2011, 07:04 PM	#4
Yankee Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 150 Thanks: 19 Thanked 38 Times in 23 Posts	MP delcares that speed limit has had no significant impact Marine Patrol provides data on big lake speed tickets By Michael Kitch Aug 18, 2011 12:00 am GILFORD - Lieutenant Tim Dunleavy of the New Hampshire Marine Patrol said yesterday that enforcement of the law limiting boat speeds on Lake Winnipesaukee to 45 mph. in daylight and 30 mph. after dark has brought no surprises. "What we're seeing is consistent with the data we collected before the law was enacted and enforced," he said. Dunleavy said that through the month of July, Marine Patrol officers made 21 stops for excessive speed and issued six tickets and 15 warnings. Only five of the stops were made at night, leaving 16 made in the daytime. One particular 50-foot performance boat, like those featured on "Miami Vice," was stopped four times for excessive speed, representing a quarter of all the daytime stops. Three personal watercraft, better known as jet-skis, and a jet boat manufactured by Sea-Doo, all less than 20 feet in length, accounted for four stops. There were four stops of vessels between 21-feet and 25-feet in length, five of vessels between 26-feet and 30-feet in length and four of vessels between 31-feet and 35-feet in length. Dunleavy said that contrary to the recent assertions by a reader of The Laconia Daily Sun, made in correspondence to the newspaper, that Marine Patrol has limited its enforcement efforts to large performance boats, the data indicates that officers have stopped vessels of all sizes traveling at excessive speeds. "People on shore often don't know why an officer stops a particular boat," he said. He explained that officers may come along aside in response to requests for assistance or direction as well as to cite the helmsman for an infraction, which may or may not involve excessive speed. The data, Dunleavy suggested, reveals little about the impact of imposing the speed limits. Repeating that the results mirrored those found before the law was enacted, he said that "it is really had to say whether the law has had a significant impact" and noted that other factors, including fuel prices, the economy and the weather, may affect the volume and speed of boat traffic. Dunleavy did allow that the relatively small number of stops indicated a high level voluntary compliance with the speed limits. __________________ __________________ __________________ So what have we learned in the past two thousand years? "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of Obamunism should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest the Republic become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." . . .Evidently nothing. (Cicero, 55 BC augmented by me, 2010 AD)