Let's try this compromise thing again.

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

The 150' rule isn't enforced because nobody wants to enforce a rule that is violated so often by so many boaters.

It's also VAGUE. A speed limit works for Lake George because the results can be quantified, and boaters know it. Officers only have to write a few tickets a year to keep a semblance of order.

When a Jet-Ski runs through "clot" of three family boats exiting a cove, all are technically violators. Who gets cited? Nobody.

Why collect MORE money for enforcement of a vague rule that has long outlasted its usefulness?

So lets dump the 150' rule and put in place the speed limit. Do you really think that it is more dangerous for a boat to pass by at 80mph at 150' out or 45mph at 30' out?

[Airwaves]

Originally posted by codeman671
So lets dump the 150' rule and put in place the speed limit. Do you really think that it is more dangerous for a boat to pass by at 80mph at 150' out or 45mph at 30' out?

That was a joke, right????

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by Airwaves

That was a joke, right????

Yes it was a joke, sorry if you did not see the sarcasm. I openly opposed to the speed limit and my history of posts (and former avatar) show that. The thought of getting rid of the 150' rule and using a speed limit instead is foolish and probably in the end considerably more dangerous. Even at lesser speeds giving boats the legal right to pass within mere feet of each other will be catastrophic.

[ApS]

Pass, then suspend HB-162 indefinitely.

Reinstate it immediately upon the occurrence of a NH freshwater double-fatality attributable to a powerboat!

No exception, no excuses:

Hit-and-run, alcohol-related, suicide, divers, water-skiing, Jet-Ski, Poker Run, sanctioned speed event, avoiding floatplane, right-of-way issue, tubing, hit-and-run—operator not located, wrinkled diver flag, no lights on struck vessel, victims under 16-years-old, dock collision, kite-boarding, drunk passengers, drunk skiers, avoiding a surfacing loon—no exceptions.

This should put most responsible boaters on eggshells: Who wants to be remembered as being the one to enable HB-162?

[RegalStan2450]

I would say pass a weekend and holiday speed limit like other NH lakes have.

The one major thing I dislike about this law is the restrictions it puts on certain people. To say someone can't go fast on a lake with noone on it during the week, just doesn't make sense to me.

I would agree with the limit if it was weekend and holiday only for compromise sake.

Quick disclaimer Again I boat mostly on the weekends and my boat only goes 50 mph so this law wouldn't even effect me . Ok 55 if I am down to 10 gallons of gas,I am alone, take out all unneeded life vests and equipment and remove my second battery

I just feel HB 162 does nothing for safety but our country was built on compromising.

[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by codeman671

So lets dump the 150' rule and put in place the speed limit. Do you really think that it is more dangerous for a boat to pass by at 80mph at 150' out or 45mph at 30' out?

That is what you see on Lake George. I think Lake George is scarier then Lake Winnipesaukee!