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Originally Posted by Evenstar
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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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All my facts are indeed facts. Chances and occurrances are two very different things.
And I do know something about accident statistics - The chance of an accident happening, under any particular condition increases as the period of time between accident increases.
Plus speed increases the probability of any type of accident - as does the density of vehicles/vessels (or any other object) in the area.
Choppy waves and spray make any objects on the water (including kayaks) less vissible. That's also a FACT.
... and what about the capt. boneheads who like to go fast?