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ITD · 10-24-2007, 08:32 AM

Now this speed limit crowd is saying that the radars are absolutely useless, in other words a speed limit is unenforceable. You people are unbelievable. Had the MP included data of boats measured at an angle, APS would crying that the data is skewed toward slower speeds. Well people I don't think this study could have been done any better.

3800+ boats is a huge sample. The SL crowd has been telling us for two years it's like the wild west out there with boats flying everywhere. I would think if that were true we would see at least let's say 10% travelling above 50, or about 400 boats, there were only 11. 11 out of 3800 +, over 135 hours of checking.

Now the SL crowd is crying about readings being slower if the boat is travelling at an angle to the radar. Well let's see, if the angle is 10 degrees the error would be about 1.5% if the angle is 30 degrees the error would be about 13%. The MP said that they only included measurements that were straight on, I believe them. Let's say for arguments sake that all the readings were taken at 30 degrees, that would skew the data to 13% faster. Even at that 97% of the boats would be travelling less than 45 mph. LEGISLATORS THERE IS NO SPEED PROBLEM ON THE LAKE.

I don't care what the argument is, if there was a problem like what has been portrayed by the SL group, it would have shown up in this study. There is no way, all these boats purported to be travelling at 90 mph would be able to see and slow down in time for a speed trap. Speed limit supporters, I didn't buy your spin before, and I absolutely don't buy it now.

10-24-2007, 08:32 AM	#40
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,939 Thanks: 481 Thanked 695 Times in 390 Posts	Now this speed limit crowd is saying that the radars are absolutely useless, in other words a speed limit is unenforceable. You people are unbelievable. Had the MP included data of boats measured at an angle, APS would crying that the data is skewed toward slower speeds. Well people I don't think this study could have been done any better. 3800+ boats is a huge sample. The SL crowd has been telling us for two years it's like the wild west out there with boats flying everywhere. I would think if that were true we would see at least let's say 10% travelling above 50, or about 400 boats, there were only 11. 11 out of 3800 +, over 135 hours of checking. Now the SL crowd is crying about readings being slower if the boat is travelling at an angle to the radar. Well let's see, if the angle is 10 degrees the error would be about 1.5% if the angle is 30 degrees the error would be about 13%. The MP said that they only included measurements that were straight on, I believe them. Let's say for arguments sake that all the readings were taken at 30 degrees, that would skew the data to 13% faster. Even at that 97% of the boats would be travelling less than 45 mph. LEGISLATORS THERE IS NO SPEED PROBLEM ON THE LAKE. I don't care what the argument is, if there was a problem like what has been portrayed by the SL group, it would have shown up in this study. There is no way, all these boats purported to be travelling at 90 mph would be able to see and slow down in time for a speed trap. Speed limit supporters, I didn't buy your spin before, and I absolutely don't buy it now.