The Meredith News Editorial AGAINST speed limit

JayDV · 02-11-2008, 03:26 PM

DaveR - You may be right about solution in search for problem today. But tomorrow may not be all that far away.

ITD - Interesting approach, but that may boot out the year-round residents that may not have the vancy metropolis area salaries. And those island folk that come up every other weekend?

I remember how the lake was back in 1962 when I was first allowed to take the family motorr boat for a quick spin around the island. Didn't matter what day, the center of the lake wasn't crowded at all. In those 40 years boating has changed and the boaters have changed a lot. The future will probably bring many more changes to the quantity of boats and the quality of boating unless some sort of monitoring system is initiated. Similar to those trip wires across our roads to check cars travelling and speeds travelled so that towns can upgrade the road or initiate enforcement patrols. The system is in place and only subject to "how do we use it?" questions. Also, once initiated, the go forward costs shold be minimal. The collection system can be for all lakes and waterways simultaneously so from the state perspective, not a lot of personnel or locations to utilize.

02-11-2008, 03:26 PM	#11
JayDV Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fairfield, CT & island vacation Posts: 97 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	DaveR - You may be right about solution in search for problem today. But tomorrow may not be all that far away. ITD - Interesting approach, but that may boot out the year-round residents that may not have the vancy metropolis area salaries. And those island folk that come up every other weekend? I remember how the lake was back in 1962 when I was first allowed to take the family motorr boat for a quick spin around the island. Didn't matter what day, the center of the lake wasn't crowded at all. In those 40 years boating has changed and the boaters have changed a lot. The future will probably bring many more changes to the quantity of boats and the quality of boating unless some sort of monitoring system is initiated. Similar to those trip wires across our roads to check cars travelling and speeds travelled so that towns can upgrade the road or initiate enforcement patrols. The system is in place and only subject to "how do we use it?" questions. Also, once initiated, the go forward costs shold be minimal. The collection system can be for all lakes and waterways simultaneously so from the state perspective, not a lot of personnel or locations to utilize.