Watchdog sounds alarm as feds near approving 10-knot maritime speed limit

Just The News ^ | March 6, 2024 10:48pm | By Ben Whedon

[Lurker]

“Violators could face up to $20,000 in fines and one year in prison.”

For speeding.

Ridiculous.

L

[Red Badger]

Gotta save the Gay Whales.......................

[bert]

Saving Kimberly should be her problem. Kimberly needs to be gone from the earth

[AndyJackson]

A 10-knot speed limit in Atlantic waters would devastate our business. Most of our customers are recreational fishermen or charter boat captains who might as well not own a boat," said Tideline Boats President George Stronach. "When people buy a boat, especially in North Carolina, but also in our other major markets like Florida, they expect to be able to fish 12 months of the year, and you cannot fish if you can't exceed 10 knots. This rule will cost Americans thousands of jobs and crush American small businesses like ours."

Who is the audience of this? Certainly Tideline Boats President understands that that is the intended effect of the regulation and the desired outcome?

[oldplayer]

If they truly loved the whales (manatees and turtles) they’d make the speed limit ONE MPH! They don’t care about “the Planet.” Shame on them!

[eyeamok]

The White House did say yesterday that it will take time to feel the effects of Bidens Policies, cruising to the Bahamas at 10 knots will give them plenty of time to Feel It.

[Red Badger]

People windsurf faster than that..................

[The Louiswu]

“ The Union of Locomotive Engineers demands that the maximum speed for all trains on the Rio Norte Line be reduced to 60 miles per hour, and the Union of Railway Conductors and Brakemen demands that the length of all trains on the line be reduced to 60 cars.”

[Red Badger]

Atlas Shrugged Ping!.........................

[bray]

The goal of the gummit is to end the fishing industry.

[Thank You Rush]

What or who is Kimberly?

[Thank You Rush]

That sounds familiar - how could we forget?

[Thank You Rush]

“”But if I can’t travel faster than 10-knots, then I will have to shut down,” he warned. “Sadly this is more governmental overreach.””

But just think of all the new employees that one agency can hire at taxpayer expense...How would they possibly manage to catch all the speeders without adding to their numbers?

[bert]

My bad. I read Kimberly as one proposing the speed limit.

[bray]

Last I read the whales were overpopulated around the world. This is just another tool to stop fishing.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Just have underwater speakers on all boats that continually broadcast, “Hey! Get out of the way!” in whale talk. Nonexistent problem solved.

[BobL]

“Violators could face up to $20,000 in fines and one year in prison. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on Monday announced that approval for the speed limit had entered the final phase.”

Sure be nice if CONGRESS were required to make laws that throw people into jail and cost them huge amounts of money.

[The Louiswu]

[Robert DeLong]

SLF Executive Director Kimberly Hermann. SLF stands for Southeast Legal Foundation. She is one of the good guys. Bert spoke before knowing who she was exactly. We all do that occasionally. 🙂