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Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE
I read in another thread that it is because the MP's don't want you to be able to quiet your boat when you see them then turn it back on.
I am going to get flammed for this but if they would allow silent choice then they could say "no above hull exhaust" at all and it would make it much quiter..
Now I know the arguement against that. What about the hundreds if not thousands of boats that have above the hull exhaust and can't afford or want to silent choice?
In that situation keep the statutes the same. But for some people (including myself) I would have no problem switching on silent choice to quiet the lake down. That way I wouldn't have to worry about manuelly installing mufflers each time.
But why should anything make sense right?
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OCDACTIVE,
You sound like a reasonable and law abiding person but unfortunately not everyone is. If you're watching some of the threads here you can see the number of times people who aught to know better act like fools on the water. Some of them may be ignorant but some of them just don't care what the rules are and will do whatever they want whenever they want.
Enforcing a switchable exhaust would be impossible. "No officer, I had my exhaust in the quiet mode. It's a big boat and it only
seemed over the limit." How could anyone prove otherwise unless they followed the idiot around all day with a meter. The only way to enforce would be if the device provided a monitor readout as to what mode it had been in over the past 24 hours. Either that or a lock down mode by the MP. You want to run on the lake, go to MP and they lock it into quiet mode with some special key or electronic code. Unlock it when you leave the lake. If it's not locked your assumed guilty. All this adds to complexity and cost and would require all the states to agree on a common method; very unlikely.
Sorry, it's a common case of some spoiling it for all. And noise is a big complaint, especially in the evening.