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Originally Posted by BR
"I don't believe other states will put this ticket on their out-of-state driver licenses..."
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http://www.lawguru.com/cgi/bbs/message.php?i=778076277
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Originally Posted by Dave R
"...Why on earth would someone go directly toward any stationary boat at full throttle...?"
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You're right—how did the MPs get an over-60-MPH figure more than once!?!?
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Originally Posted by Dave R
"...I think your unmarked vs. marked boat theory would make perfect sense if there was a speed limit, but there isn't..."
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Even the buoy tender is marked: the unmarked boats were all reported to be small—a very poor platform for radar.
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Originally Posted by Dave R
"...There's no incentive to slow down if there's no speed limit..."
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You'd
think so, but...
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"The Marine Patrol came by for 1/2 an hour and those boats didn't buzz me at that point but as soon as the MP left it was back to the way the picture is."
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Originally Posted by ITD
"...3800+ boats is a huge sample..."
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MPs were counting in both directions: counting boats
twice doesn't make it so "huge".
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Originally Posted by ITD
"...Even at that 97% of the boats would be travelling less than 45 mph. LEGISLATORS THERE IS NO SPEED PROBLEM ON THE LAKE..."
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With 97% of the boats on the lake, there's no problem.
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Originally Posted by ITD
"...Speed limit supporters, I didn't buy your spin before, and I absolutely don't buy it now..."
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There's no headline that would change your mind?
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Originally Posted by Chmeee
"...If I see an unmarked boat chasing me down, I am not stopping..."
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Not even for the siren and blue-light thingy?
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Originally Posted by Chmeee
"...The average is irrelevant anyways..."
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Agreed...But "the spin" of an average is in print:
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Originally Posted by Dave R
...I cannot imagine any Senator voting for a speed limit after reading the that study, they'd look like an idiot..."
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Most Senators would recognize a "blind study".
This isn't one.