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Acres Per Second:
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Be forewarned, however: That "under 30-MPH" figure originated from a source we literally cannot believe.
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You mean NH Marine Patrol Lieutenant Dunleavy during court testimony?
THE STATEMENT BELOW is from the NH Attorney General argument before the NH Supreme Court in documents released after the NH Supreme Court decision rejecting Littlefield's appeal.
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"We have previously detailed that the collision between the thirty-six foot Littlefield Baja performance boat and the twenty-foot Hartman Wellcraft motorboat occurred on a dark, clear, moonless night, with light boat traffic, smooth water, and good visibility. The Baja was traveling at a speed of approximately twenty-eight miles per hour at the time of the collision. Lieutenant Dunleavy provided expert accident reconstruction testimony that at that speed — some thirty feet per second — it would have taken only one to one and one-half seconds for the length of the defendant’s boat to ride over the smaller boat."
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