Make no mistake.. I believe that boating while impaired is dangerous to the driver and everyone else and should not be tolerated. As far as I am concerned, I would have no problem with a law saying that if you are convicted of DWI you spent a year in jail. Period end of story.
What I do not want is another knee-jerk response to a perceived problem.
I do not drive my boat in a reckless manor but starting next year I cannot do 46mph in the Broads on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon. This law was based on the perceived problem that speeding on the Lake is an issue. One case that was used as an example was the Dan Littlefield case. The truth of the mater was that Littlefield, according to the State, was only doing 28mph.
With two fatalities in the past six years where the public believes that alcohol was responsible. I am concerned that some do-gooder decides that the Lake would be so much safer if it was illegal to have alcohol on a boat.
Keep in mind that Littlefield was found NOT-Guilty of DWI and there has been no charges reference the most recent incident. But again perception is everything
Read the previous posts and you can see that a number of people would support a no-alcohol law.
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