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Originally Posted by lawn psycho
OK, so if you believe the SL is here to stay then my next question is:
Which is easier to enforce, the 150 ft rule or the speed limit?
I don't think the lake will change one bit. The far, far majority of boats are basic bowriders. My guess is the 90% pecentile of boats are in the 20-26 ft range and can't do the wild speeds that some of the pro-SL crowd has railed against.
I still say the lake doesn't change one iota with or without a SL.
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Enforcement does not matter. I don't care if some boats speed now and then. It doesn't matter how many speeding tickets are handed out.
The speed limit sets a standard of behavior. Most people are law abiding. Yes, they like to go 75 ore even 80 on a highway with a 65 mph speed limit. Yet for the most part we obey the law because it is the law.
Laws are the written expression of our common morality. They tell us what is right and acceptable, as opposed to what is wrong and unacceptable.
People will, for the most part, obey the speed limits because they are the law. The few that violate them will know they are wrong, and their own guilt will have them looking for Marine Patrol boats around every corner.
Speed limits are self enforcing.