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Originally Posted by hazelnut
Bear Islander,
The burden of proof lies squarely on your and the supporters shoulders. It's not up to me to provide hypothetical situations in which speed might be a factor.
You go ahead and list all the fatal accidents or accidents that involved injury in the state of New Hampshire that involved a boat traveling in excess of the arbitrary magic number of 45MPH. That is your burden not mine. I'm not the one trying to pass a law. I just want the MP to enforce the existing laws that are designed with safety in mind. Not some random 45MPH limit that is based on nothing.
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Spin, Spin, Spin... now they must be fatal or involve injury... see what I mean. And why not over 25 mph at night? that is what HB847 is.
However the real problem is proving the speed. The Marine Patrol does not list specific speeds in boating accidents. Even if they did the argument is that those speeds are "only estimates". I have been down this road before.
I don't need to prove anything. 236 to 111
The truth is there have been many serious or fatal accidents, on Winni and off. Real people are really dead. But the opposition closes its eyes to every one.