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Originally Posted by Islander
This argument is getting silly. There is no requirement that signs be erected to explain new laws. NH boaters will find out when they register their boats. Most of the people that trailer high performance boats from out of state will already have heard about the speed limit. We are not going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell a handful of people what they should already know before they launch their boat.
The motor vehicle laws vary greatly from state to state. When trailering a boat the requirements for maximum weight per axle, safety chains, surge brakes etc. are different in many states. It's the drivers responsibility to know this and abide by it or run the risk of a ticket. The same is true of boating regulations.
Speed limits are posted on highways because they change from place to place. HB162 will be the same in all of New Hampshire.
The opponents have told us many times that only a small percentage of boats can go over 55 or 60 mph. It will not take 15 Marine Patrol Officers running around the lake with 15 radar guns to keep these few boats in check.
There are only a handful of lakes in the state large enough for performance boats. One or two radar units and officers can easily handle this.
Why are the people that are against HB162 so insistent that it must be enforced to the Nth degree by a small army of Marine Patrol?
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So they can come up with a big dollar number to scare the Senate with.
When it passes they will be arguing AGAINST rigid enforcement.