Everyone is outraged when they hear of yet another boating accident caused by an impaired driver. It happens all year, every year, particularly at night. It happens at slow speeds, higher speeds, big boats, small boats, you name it.
Many of us brought up the drinking in both infamous Winni accidents, many times. Most everytime we brought up BUI as a major problem, WINNFAB supporters and member alike told us about speeding and the speed limit bill. Even as the speeds of the boats in question were brought to light, they yelled all the more for a speed limit.
Now we have those same people harping about BUI. They try to insinuate, or flat out say, that it's still this one group of people doing all the drinking. It's blatantly obvious to me that that group still hasn't moved from a one-topic, selfishly motivated discriminatory issue, to the real issues of safety.
Even APS comes up with a nagging concern that some of us weren't/aren't outraged. Interesting as it would be to review his posts concerning BUI in the heat of battle during those accident threads, why bother? Suffice it to say, those opposed to the SL thought both boaters were intoxicated, used terrible judgment, and would have been involved in those very same accidents, SL or no SL.
The real trouble comes when people that don't use any facts or wisdom while suggesting or promoting rules and new laws, start misrepresenting the facts, or just create some of their own. Perhaps it's time to start working on real solutions, not just things that don;t go past your own noses?
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