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Originally Posted by W Clarke
We care how fast the cowboys are going because of the overwhelming possibility that they do not react quickly enough to stay 150 feet away. At speeds well over 45 mph the reaction time is too short to insure that safe passage is maintained. Those speeders can't always see objects in time to safely avoid them. Too often speeders do not see objects low in the water such as kayaks, swimmers and canoes to stay 150 feet away. If we are lucky they swerve away much closer than the 150 foot area because they can not see and react in reasonable and prudent time and manner. They don't have time to observe the proper Right-of-Way rules, if they know them. AND at fast speeds they can be very loud.
Do not overlook the advantage that speed limits give to the MP to pull over those speeders to check for BUI. If the boat is perceived as going over the speed limit it is a reason for MP to stop and inspect the vessel. That is a valuable tool to help keep the lake safe. It's part of the important impact of the Speed Limits.
How often do you have to hear this before it sinks in?
Slower is safer. Why fight the facts?
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Since we can all but assume you are not Warren Clarke, I would love for you to walk up to me and my family while out on the lake and call me a "cowboy", "drug abuser", "drunkard", or one of the other many colorful names you and your ilk like to use so causually. Very easy for you to hide behind that keyboard but you don't even have a single synapse in your spinal cord that would let you do it too our faces. You'd get publically embarrassed, trust me.
The facts are that you have more probability of getting injured in YOUR OWN HOME than while out on a boat. Why fight the facts?
Go back into your little hole. Hopefully Don verifies the IP as I smell a troll.