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Originally Posted by Mr. V
Ambulance chaser?
Troll?
Hardly; just trying to think it through and promote some discussion on what seems to me to be an important issue.
Were bubblers in fact the benign devices some of you think they are, the legislature would not have imposed the duty to warn the public of their presence and operation.
The law seemss clear: if the legislature imposes a duty to warn, and that duty is violated and damage results, liability may typically adhere.
FWIW, the piercing light I suggested for future use would be facing the lake only, and not visible to the bubbler owner or others on his side of the lake: but folks on the ice would certainly be able to see it, which is the whole idea.
This is a tragedy, and I agree that all of the salient facts are not known, including the snowmobiler's health and state of sobriety at the time of the incident.
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Now you throw his sobriety into the mix? Can't you find a forum closer to home to troll in? Let the facts come out instead of blaming everything possible except human error or responsibility.
I have to ask the questions that nobody has so far... Are you from here? Do you own property here? Ever been here? Just here to troll, chase ambulances and in general be an irritation?
I am sure this piercing light will look great to those across the lake, especially in the tighter areas where it may not be that far across. Common sense should prevail when riding and as mentioned previously, people when on the ice should typically stay far enough away that a bubbler will not be dangerous. Have you found any bubbler related deaths online in NH? Snowmobiles can be quite loud and sound carries well on ice so out of courtesy riders should be far enough out as not to be irritating to residents.
As Skip stated, the bubbler most likely was not even the cause anyhow.