First off, the discussion is a law limiting the speed to 45 mph, not "90 plus." A lot of boats on the lake are capable of exceeding that and do not have speedometers.
As I stated before in a previous post, a speed limit only goes after a symptom, not the problem. The problem is reckless and oblivious boat operators. If I am riding down the broads on my Sea Doo at 60 mph, I am being neither reckless nor oblivious. The means to protect people should be from better use of the ideas already in place. A NWZ near busy areas like the island choke-point near the Weirs would actually make the lake safer.
If the cost of "paying" for this freedom is so great, why hasn't anyone brought up any facts or figures? As if there were hundreds of people dying on the lake every year.... please. By that logic, we should outlaw all motorcycles. Doesn't the public pay when someone messes themselves up on a machine that is known to be much more dangerous than a car, even if the accident wasn't their fault? Sorry, I think there's only so much we can do to protect people from themselves.
Where do you think the cost of paying for enforcement will come from? The cost of the equipment, training, etc. Would that money be better used just putting more marine patrol on the lake to catch the reckless idiots already out there?
Yes, there are idiots on the lake, but I think it's a mistake to rushing into a broadbase law without considering the much more viable alternatives.
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