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Belmont Resident · 01-18-2005, 08:03 AM

Why place a limit on speed when as far as I can remember there has never been an accident related to speed?
Who will enforce a speed limit?
Last year the topic was because of all the close calls. Well life is full of close calls. Every time I drive down the road I see close calls, should we decrease the speed on the roads because something might happen?
The same people who are for it are the same ones who constantly complain about boaters violating the 150' rule. Now place another burden on the already over burdened MP. Do you think they will be responding at all to your call of a boat buzzing your dock? No they will be to busy trying to catch all those boaters who are driving over 45.
As for a nighttime spped limit, we are all suppose to be responsible for our wakes but who is going to prove anything at night when all boats are now throwing up huge wakes because they cannot get up to speed to plane off due to a 25 mph speed limit.
Except for when there is an event like fireworks or bike week there usually are not many boats out on the lake at night.
Hopefully the powers that be have this in mind when they decide what is right and what is unenforceable.

01-18-2005, 08:03 AM	#20
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 410 Times in 251 Posts	Speed limit is not the fix Why place a limit on speed when as far as I can remember there has never been an accident related to speed? Who will enforce a speed limit? Last year the topic was because of all the close calls. Well life is full of close calls. Every time I drive down the road I see close calls, should we decrease the speed on the roads because something might happen? The same people who are for it are the same ones who constantly complain about boaters violating the 150' rule. Now place another burden on the already over burdened MP. Do you think they will be responding at all to your call of a boat buzzing your dock? No they will be to busy trying to catch all those boaters who are driving over 45. As for a nighttime spped limit, we are all suppose to be responsible for our wakes but who is going to prove anything at night when all boats are now throwing up huge wakes because they cannot get up to speed to plane off due to a 25 mph speed limit. Except for when there is an event like fireworks or bike week there usually are not many boats out on the lake at night. Hopefully the powers that be have this in mind when they decide what is right and what is unenforceable. __________________ "better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, then a long life spent in a miserable way.."