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View Poll Results: Speed limit - If you had to choose, which would it be??? | |||
No Speed Limit Law |
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325 | 74.37% |
Current Law - 45 Day 25 Night |
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112 | 25.63% |
Voters: 437. You may not vote on this poll |
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And there are some nights when I can safely do 110 MPH on Rt. 95 (but I don't and I'm glad that for the most part neither do others).
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I would similarly argue that the people who drive 45 mph on Rt 95 present as much of a threat as the ones who drive 110 mph, the issue is not any specific number, its reasonableness of the speed for the location, situation, and conditions. And I think thats even more the case for boats where you dont have specific striped lanes and other very detailed nav aids. So again I would argue, speed limits do not ensure safety, safe operation is the key to success and no law can absolutely ensure either adherence to a speed limit or that any individual will operate safely. At some level we all have to assume some risk in the use of boats, cars, hell just walking across the street can be risky. Life has risks, but piling law after law that restrict the many, in the name of appeasing the few rarely accomplishes anything except to further clog the legal system and deprive the citizens of their freedom. Well that’s one persons opinion,,, But then what do I know, I have "only" been accident and ticket free on the water for 45+ years,,, Last edited by XCR-700; 09-16-2009 at 10:32 AM. |
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