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Originally Posted by Cal
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Originally Posted by Islander
Plus the death toll is rising. Four in the area just this summer. And Coast Guard statistics show boating accidents on the rise.
Like I said , are they ALL related to speed??? Huh , huh...inquiring minds want to know 
Or would you say that just to make it SOUND like speed was the cause? |
I do not know the speed of the boats involved. I don't think it matters all that much. The two fatalities in Maine obviously involved high speed, the exact numbers are not important.
Two separate PWC accidents killed two teenagers and badly injured two more. Again I don't know the speeds, but teenagers going fast on a PWC is not unusual. And a crash at low speeds is not as likely to kill.
However the real benefit of a speed limit will be that less people will be putting high speed craft on the lakes of New Hampshire. When the speed limit passes families will purchase fewer PWC's. Some teenagers might even be forced to move from a PWC to a kayak.
A popular movie once quoted "if you build it, they will come". I would paraphrase that to "if you don't buy it, they can't ride it" or even "if you don't buy it, they can't be killed on it".