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Originally Posted by bbarrell
I also think IF it passes the senate, it's gonna get amended again...likely to up the mph limits. But we'll see soon enough I guess!
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Or the Senate could remove the amendments that the House Transportation Committee added.
[/quote]I think they may have shot themselves in the foot from a lakes region economy standpoint....as I've always maintained, the people who really want their freedoms will take their money elsewhere...and it WILL have an impact on your tourism and taxes.[/quote]
It all depends on what you consider to be important.
Group A feels that being able to travel at unlimited speeds on the lake is important.
Group B feels that being able to feel safe out on the lake is more important.
If members of Group A actually leave, members of Group B will likely just replace them.
So how will this hurt our economy?
Especially when the opponents to the speed limit have been claiming that only a very tiny portion of the boats on Winni travel over 45mph. According to what has been posted on this forum, only 1% will have to slow down to comply with the speed limit. Are you now suggesting that a much greater percentage of boats have in fact been traveling at over 45 mph?