Noise Level Testing Procedure

Fat Jack · 02-09-2006, 01:53 PM

Skip,
I appreciate the offer to call you, but there are two reasons I don't want to do that. I hope you can understand;

1) My goal here is to further public discussion of this bill to be sure it gets the scrutiny that such an important issue deserves. Almost nobody has your expertise in noise science, and very few people have even the inkling of understanding of noise that I do...so it is important for all to understand just how much louder a boat that produces 88 dB's at idle is from one that produces 82 dB's at full throttle, and to see discussion and debate over the true impact that this bill might have. I'd rather see explanations in writing, where I can carefully analyze each point, than to get a verbal explanation that I will probably not be able to follow or absorb.

2) You're are a ranking member of Winnilakers (an admitted GFBL association) and of NHRBA (a group that I have always felt to be another GFBL association and that was derived from Winnilakers). As you will see if you look around this forum and the others, it has been an eerie obsession of members of these groups to identify the speed limit supporters. Identities, once discovered, have been posted on the go-fast sites with full names, addresses, emails and phone numbers. HB162 supporters have received nasty emails and been the targets of threats and blackmail. I do not have my phone number blocked and really do not want to take the chance of exposing it, my last name, or my address, or my email to anyone associated with these two groups. I am not accusing you of having any nefarious intent here, but I am sure you can appreciate my abundance of caution and my reasons for wishing to remain anonymous.

I'm still hoping that someone who is not part of the go-fast crowd and can fully understand all of the issues here can address my very specific questions above...through the open forum.

02-09-2006, 01:53 PM	#11
Fat Jack Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 183 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Got your PM Skip, I appreciate the offer to call you, but there are two reasons I don't want to do that. I hope you can understand; 1) My goal here is to further public discussion of this bill to be sure it gets the scrutiny that such an important issue deserves. Almost nobody has your expertise in noise science, and very few people have even the inkling of understanding of noise that I do...so it is important for all to understand just how much louder a boat that produces 88 dB's at idle is from one that produces 82 dB's at full throttle, and to see discussion and debate over the true impact that this bill might have. I'd rather see explanations in writing, where I can carefully analyze each point, than to get a verbal explanation that I will probably not be able to follow or absorb. 2) You're are a ranking member of Winnilakers (an admitted GFBL association) and of NHRBA (a group that I have always felt to be another GFBL association and that was derived from Winnilakers). As you will see if you look around this forum and the others, it has been an eerie obsession of members of these groups to identify the speed limit supporters. Identities, once discovered, have been posted on the go-fast sites with full names, addresses, emails and phone numbers. HB162 supporters have received nasty emails and been the targets of threats and blackmail. I do not have my phone number blocked and really do not want to take the chance of exposing it, my last name, or my address, or my email to anyone associated with these two groups. I am not accusing you of having any nefarious intent here, but I am sure you can appreciate my abundance of caution and my reasons for wishing to remain anonymous. I'm still hoping that someone who is not part of the go-fast crowd and can fully understand all of the issues here can address my very specific questions above...through the open forum.