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Originally Posted by lawn psycho
Just because they did not record the type of boat markings does not render the readings useless.
Suppose that a study was conducted in a manner that you deemed adequate and yielded the same results, would that chage your opinion on the need for a speed limit?
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Yes, It does! If the MP were at all serious about wanting to collect real data the could have, and WOULD HAVE, used unmarked boats.
For me the number one justification for a speed limit was that children's camps were keeping their small boats in on certain days. There were also secondary justifications.
The "speed study" data would mean little or nothing to me no matter how taken or what it contained. It just didn't matter. If many boats were speeding then we needed a speed limit. If small numbers were speeding then hardly anyone would be inconvenienced by a speed limit. Sorry, but it was catch 22 in favor of a speed limit. The study meant nothing no matter what it said.
We don't set speed limits on our roads by studying how fast cars are going on them. We set them by road conditions and accident data.