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Originally Posted by Neanderthal Thunder
]Parrothead wrote,
I see one way.
If a limit had been in place, the Marine Patrol could have given a written warning. Once stopped, the MPs could have noticed slurred speech, and given a field sobriety test. A NHMP boat on patrol wouldn't appear any different from any other boat in the darkness to Littlefield. Until the the flashing blue lights went on, that is.
There is no way to stop a Littlefield or identify any other drunken boater under existing laws.
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This is assuming that they had been there to speed check the boat in the first place. Most indicators are that this is somewhat unlikely.
Additionally, if the speed was only 28MPH, it's unlikely they would have done anything about a boat going 3MPH over.