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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...The most tragic collision since 1980 was an impaired boater that ran into and on top of another at a speed generally accepted by the MP and the Court to be 28 mph? That's the worst? You've been ranting and raving about that one for how long APS...?"
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1) Although we've learned of a triple-fatality into a Gilford cottage and a Parker Island tragedy, there appears to be a "knowledge-gap" of Winnipesaukee collisions between 1980-2001. It's the Internet that has assisted our collective knowledge since 2001. (
Not so much the NHMP).
2) While 28-MPH is "generally accepted", I'll accept a genuine reconstruction of that night's collision—
not what "somebody-testifies-to-what-somebody-said".
3) Some can say that both "drivers" were comfortable with high speed; moreover, both were closely involved in the speed-boat business! What is the "comfort level" of the
even less experienced who would boat at high speed?
4) But that collision was the
2nd-worst since 2001. At whatever speed the collision occurred—it was a stranger that was killed—and not the skipper's own friend.
Quote:
Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...What's been interesting in this summer's debate is that even the MP has become the enemy of the staunch supporters of the SL. APS scratches his head in amazement as boaters are not ticketed by speed traps in front of his abode. Uh oh, didn't everyone say the chaos and anarchy has ended...?"
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The fear of chaos and anarchy has been reduced, but it shouldn't come as a result of visitors staying away—or the purchase of still-bigger boats by everybody else. While we still have the occasional "naive" boater, we still
more often have the occasional speeding offender.
Many offenders, I've noticed, are gray-haired "drivers". Maybe the MPs are lax in enforcing the boater-certification requirement
which should now apply to the most-senior of our boaters?
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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...3) I never, ever, ever want people like APS, Jack Weeks, and the likes of El Chase to have any control over any public resource or waterway.
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Speaking for myself, I've followed the practice of that WinnFABS writer to
not advise the MPs of the offenders who visit my area. As to "control", I'm a "non-voting taxpayer".
As stated by both sides in this debate—
your worst enemy isn't the voter—it's the offenders among your own number who visit Lake Winnipesaukee. 