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Originally Posted by Woodsy
I really don’t think that I will change the minds of some people such as APS, Fat Jack, Bear Islander, Bear Lover, Island Lover et al. They seem to have a personal issue with high performance boats, to wit, they just plain don’t like them or their owners.
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So you think it's only them that favor HB162? You can add me to that list although I honestly have nothing against hi performance boats or their drivers. We have a friend with a Ferrari. I love him and his car. Driving it was a great thrill. I just don't want him doing 90 in my neighborhood (or anywhere else except a racetrack). I also have a brother-in-law with a Skater racing boat and he's taken me on some amazing rides in Long Island Sound. I loved it but it certainly doesn't belong in a lake like this except on a closely controlled race course.
My PERSONAL feeling comes from decades of time spent on and around the lake. I PERSONALLY don't care about all your facts and counter-facts. A child on my street doesn't need to be hit before I do something about speeding drivers (and I did). Somehow we got the limit lowered, extra signs and increased enforcement without a single fact (accident) to support it. Would those speeding drivers say "where are the facts that children are in danger from speeding drivers"? Would a question like that have helped their cause? In that case facts weren't needed, just common sense.
It is obvious to me that the "need for speed" is just not compatable with thousands of small family runabouts, sailboats, canoes and kayaks. I would have supported a compromise but something has to be done and I don't see any other proposals on the table.
This is just one opinion from one non-agenda, non-performance boat hater, little person who sees a problem. You may not like to hear it Woodsy but I think there are lots of us out there. We're not here arguing with you but the calls have been made and the letters have been written.
I've been reading all this with amusement but this is my last post on this subject. You can make up anything you want about why I feel the way I do but you'd be wrong.
J