Eliminating the on-line test will also affect the tourist dollars coming into the state. Can you imagine the cost of starting a classroom only safety course and everyone HAS to have taken it before being allowed to operate a boat? What would the daytrippers from out of state do? It just doesn't seem feasible in my book. Where would the start up costs of such a program come from? Would they have to be held in different states as to accomodate all the MASS, CT, NY, NJ folk who flock to the lake every summer? The state would lose MILLIONS of dollars every summer if we made it mandatory that everyone driving a boat on Winni take a classroom course on boaters safety. While far from perfect I feel the on-line course is an alternative from taking a classroom course.
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