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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
it's possible that they took artificially inflated Internet polls as Gospel rather than what family boaters are witnessing every day.
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APS points out the problem. Family boaters show up at the big lake, and experience fear. In reality, there is no safety issue, just a fear issue. This is why experienced boaters are fighting the proposals for speed limits. People respond better to smart laws than feel-good laws. Speed limits won't reduce the fear among family boaters, because a boat passing within 50 feet at 35 MPH can be a lot scarier than a 60 MPH big-fast boat obeying the law of passage. Education and compliance of the passage laws would reduce fear a lot more than speed limits. The speed limit law is feel-good legislation, but impacts the freedom of responsible citizens. We'll see what happens with the Dems in power. If they go overboard with laws in new NH, their desired tenure may turn out more like twoure.