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djmed
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 12:27:19 PM
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another blunder from state officials
http://www.al.com/outdoors/birminghamnews/mbolton.ssf?/base/sports/1211098515227460.xml&coll=2&thispage=1
URL: idle speed
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solvacc
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5/20/2008 1:14:54 PM
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. Although this article has obvious math problems, there are many laws just like it all around us. Laws for motor vehicles such as speed limits & turn signals, lights ON when raining, and so forth. These laws are there and can be used in cases of severe abuse to reign in unruly boaters. It is a step in the right direction.
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Pier Pressure
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 1:18:38 PM
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"The person must not have been too concerned about his kids' safety, otherwise he'd be more concerned about the Alabama Department of Public Health warning that says no one should swim in that lake or on any other Alabama impoundment. "
There is a public health warning that says no one should swim in any Alabama impoundment??????? Someone please fill me in, as I swim every weekend on the lake...
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solvacc
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 1:39:21 PM
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I'm not sure the author of this article did his homework. I'm willing to bet that the "no swimming" thing is completely fabricated. Anyone who knows more about this care to comment?
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green,ed
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 1:59:39 PM
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Mike Bolton is an outdoor writer who only gives the hunter's and fisherman's veiwpoint. Fisherman's hardship? If you are fishing you have no hardships.
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F1Fan
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 2:11:37 PM
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"If the homeowner doesn't like waves from boats hitting his pier I look at it like this: If you don't like the sound of 18-wheelers driving by, don't build your house next to an interstate. Don't build next to an interstate and then try to get a 4-mph speed limit for trucks."
This was one of the dumbest analogies in the whole article. Like so many on the lake, this attitude like so many demonstrated on Lake Martin and this board completely ignores the responsibility of boaters w/r/t their wake. Not to mention the fact that the genius blasting in and out of my slough are usually 20-30' from my pier and kids, regardless of the probably 250'+ width of the slough. Yeah, it's so they can turn around on plane and beat the crap out of both sides of the area, which just further illustrates what fools they are.
Mike Bolton appears to be a narrow-minded math impaired nut in this article. I did like how he switched back and forth between feet and yards, just to confuse things. Perhaps he should stay in his tree stand and out of the paper. And hopefully off the water.
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DJ
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Proposed idle speed rule
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5/20/2008 9:21:34 PM
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Looks like the majority of Elkahatchee Creek will now be a no wake zone, wonder how the folks at the very back like this idea??
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