Speed Limit test zones dead in the water!

[Airwaves]

Islander:

I think you are absolutely right. Where you see a cop, everybody slows down. And if that cop was recording those speeds to see how fast boats are going on the lake, then his readings would be a lot lower than reality.

I think we are left with three possibilities

1. The MP are absolutely clueless about how to take A sampling of lake boat speeds.

2. The MP are not able to come up with an unmarked fishing boat, aluminum skiff or bowrider to take the readings from.

3. The MP leadership want the data to be low so the legislature will think a speed limit is unnecessary. Then these same leaders will have earned cushy jobs in the boating industry.

You really have crossed the line!

If I were a Marine Patrol officer, trained in the use of radar on the water, I could be stationed on what you some of you folks call the "Battle Cruiser", the rest of us call a " Coast Guard Utility Boat" and I could still get you for violating any law on the NH books.

How Big and visibile is the Marine Patrol Battle Crusier? I think it's a 44 foot USCG Utility Boat is it not? Hard to hide one of them! NOT!

Wanna hide a 44 ' boat? No problem, I will pick a spot where most of us are familar. Let's put the 44 just on the Glendale side of Governor's Island point near the Witches. The 44 would be hidden by the Island and is a stable platform. Certainly big enough for even you to see isn't it? Hell. It's a 44 foot boat! Betcha it can clock all kinds of boats going into Saunders Bay or out toward the Broads! Maybe a few will be doing, 35 or 40 miles an hour!

Any of you can find other spots where these "HIGH SPEED CRAFT" operate, and locate a 44 foot Marine Patrol Boat out of sight if needed and the results will be the same.

Or maybe guess what, the Marine Patrol is currently using smaller boats in the same areas doing the same thing! As I recall the local papers said there are (6) six test areas on the lake. Only two have the "speed limits".

Nope, the 44 isn't going to do a high speed chase. A properly trained crew will get the bow numbers of Islander's 60 mile an hour boat and arrest her later!