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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
From the Citizen article:
Hmmm. Let's see....
The Marine Patrol admits to:
1) Untrained radar operators,
2) Operating from marked patrol units,
3) In publicly-disclosed locations,
4) Throwing out disagreeable speeds, and
5) Not surprised by the results.
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This has to stop, did you read the rest of the article and by the way he said if there were to be a speed limit more would have to be trained, are you telling me you think they were not trained? Really the question should be how far away were they from the other boats. Take the results for what they were facts, and in fact if there were a speed limit law they would be out in the marked patrol boats to begin with, so that would be what you call a control on the experiment. Just because you are upset that the results came back not in favor of a speed limit you cannot put your own spin on it.
Again same as the other thread, it is the boater not the boat! and there are much more factors that contribute to the danger not just the speed and he even remarked that speed is not always dangerous.
Can't wait for a speed limit that when someone capsizes and Sea Tow has to get out there quick, but cannot because they are not authorized to go above 45mph like a marine patrol boat would be able to. But I guess there can be an exception to every rule. I guess they should stop making Bentley BMW's and Mustangs and whatever that go over the speed limit on the highway, better yet lets put governors on all vehicles relative to area speed limits.