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Here are the facts:
1.) The faster you are going, the more distance you cover in the same time period.
2.) Under the same conditions, your reaction times remain exactly the same.
3.) So my chances of being hit by a powerboat increase proportionally as the speed of that boat increases.
4.) I am much more likely to be hit out on the main lake by a boat traveling at 90mph than I am by a boat going 45mpm.
3 and 4 are not facts.
Statistacaly there has not been a collision of two boats where one was traveling over 45mph in NH.
Any responsable boater should always be able to keep clear of all objects on the water, nobody should head directly into sun glare for any sustained period. Waves- come on, what duration of wave are you trying to say? Even in the ocean the time is minimal. If an operator is to were glasses driving a car the same should be for boating, MP could probably ticket them for driving to endanger.
You are more in danger from capt. bonehead than fast boats.
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