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BroadHopper · 01-12-2014, 08:51 AM

After the last big fiasco involving boat safety the instigators told the legislature that now the law has past the lake is safe. So the legislature, thinking all is good robbed the marine patrol kitty thinking they are no longer needed. Because big bucks were spent on laser guns and the training to use it, there was little money spent on BAC test. So the whole concept has back fired and the boating population suffers even more bad publicity.

I have talked to my representative about this and he liked the idea of DUI enforcement on the lake. He would like to look into this and somehow make breath analyzer standard equipment on the patrol boats. Unfortunately the legislature has their hands full with ACA and Medicaid expansion.

01-12-2014, 08:51 AM	#29
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,569 Thanks: 3,202 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	I agree with merrymeeting After the last big fiasco involving boat safety the instigators told the legislature that now the law has past the lake is safe. So the legislature, thinking all is good robbed the marine patrol kitty thinking they are no longer needed. Because big bucks were spent on laser guns and the training to use it, there was little money spent on BAC test. So the whole concept has back fired and the boating population suffers even more bad publicity. I have talked to my representative about this and he liked the idea of DUI enforcement on the lake. He would like to look into this and somehow make breath analyzer standard equipment on the patrol boats. Unfortunately the legislature has their hands full with ACA and Medicaid expansion. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.