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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Then that must also be the number of people that will be inconvenienced by the speed limit.
1 in 20,000
You can't have it both ways!
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Based on what I saw and experienced this past holiday weekend, the law is going to have minimal impact on the lake.
Just a few things I saw to backup my claim:
- People passing other boats at planing speed within 150'.
- Skippers leaving the shore at full throttle.
- Vacationers that could care less about having a boating certificate.
- Same vacationer on his Jet Ski jumping cruiser wakes within 50 feet of the boat's stern.
- Multiple boats tied up and rafting together.
- Very few, if any boats travelling over 45mph.
- Not a single MP the entire weekend. Either on the water or from the beach.
I asked one of the local marina employees about the lack of MP presence on the lake. Answer: Gas prices are keeping the MP boats at the docks.
If the economy continues at this pace into 2009, there will be 1 MP boat sitting outside the Weir's channel doing random BUI searches. The remainder of the "cowboys" will still be breaking the current, unenforced rules.