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Originally Posted by Cal
...What WAS the speed of this boat you speak of??? 46? 49? 82? Now look at how many have been killed and/or injured by boats under 45 say , in the last twenty years.
It sounds like somebody was already breaking the 150 rule , so you think the a speed limit would have helped? ...
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The actual estimated speed was 28 MPH, just 3 MPH above the recommended RSA.
This is well within the margin of error of most speedometers (10%) and unless (by some miracle) an MP officer was directly in front or to the rear of the Littlefield boat, his radar gun reading would have been below the actual 28 MPH speed. Readings taken at an angle almost always show less than true speed, and virtually all readings are taken at some type of offset angle (most are smart enough not to take a reading directly in the path of the oncoming target).
So even if an MP had been stationed in the area on the night of question, common sense (and even a rudimentary understanding of how traffic radar operates and is employed) dictates that Littlefield would probably not have been stopped for speed prior to the collision.
This particular RSA would not have made a difference.