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Old 06-02-2011, 10:21 PM   #19
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I do think Spence hit it spot on though, I'll bet there are startling numbers of what size boats are most prone to accidents or people falling over...and I'm betting that it's not typically happening on 50' cruisers either.
736/82000000
I made a quick pie chart to visualize the impact:

Keep in mind that that single line is still not small enough to show how minute the effected population actual is.

I can sympathize with unnecessary death but looking at the chart... are you kidding me? Why is this even being discussed? Take into consideration that out of that sliver of deaths, only one tenth are 'estimated' to be saved. I think the government's time and money could save more than 70-ish lives out of 82,000,000 by requiring a class to be completed before operating a boat.

Hell, if they outlawed tobacco or alcohol, they'd save 1000 times that over a couple years.
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