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Hermit · 01-31-2006, 05:47 PM

Several posts suggest there are many reasons for potential boating accidents, so why concentrate on excessive speed as a remedy? Using that reasoning, there would be no law on the books for anything!

The truth is that excessive speed accentuates many other infractions and makes them much more dangerous. A safe passage violation is much more of a problem for a boat going 60 MPH than 25 MPH. A drunk operator at 20 MPH is a menace, at 60 MPH he is an unguided missle.

Reasonable speeds are simply commonsense ... something that seems to be in short supply among some opponents of HB 162.

01-31-2006, 05:47 PM	#83
Hermit Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Faulty Logic Several posts suggest there are many reasons for potential boating accidents, so why concentrate on excessive speed as a remedy? Using that reasoning, there would be no law on the books for anything! The truth is that excessive speed accentuates many other infractions and makes them much more dangerous. A safe passage violation is much more of a problem for a boat going 60 MPH than 25 MPH. A drunk operator at 20 MPH is a menace, at 60 MPH he is an unguided missle. Reasonable speeds are simply commonsense ... something that seems to be in short supply among some opponents of HB 162.