Originally Posted by gofastlvr

I know we all love to get on YouTube and watch the GoPro videos of us going fast and running close with other boats etc... There are even a few of me on there but shouldn't we consider for a second that if we have objectionable behavior or close calls or god forbid a accident... Couldn't we keep it to ourselves?

The government and the insurance companies are out there waiting to change our lives and regulate us and our big horsepower machines. It isn't like we aren't high profile enough with our loud paint and exhaust noise. They want to raise our rates and our deductibles and look for everything under the sun to deny a claim or cancel our coverage. It's bad enough that things happen and people aren't always safe when you add testosterone and HP and a lot of times a few beers people act foolishly. Just look at the video from the Fountain accident at LOTO. It has went viral and on newscasts around the country. People already think we are unsafe because I can go out and run my boat 2 times the speed limit on the interstate... Those people have not only hurt themselves but now they have hurt us all.

Originally Posted by Jason3603

Over the last several weeks I have been reading on many sites not just OSO on how "THEY" are going to shut us down. I believe that the day of a maximum speed in a power boat wil be here before we know it. UNLESS we "the performance boating community do something about it.

I am not aware of any large performance boating organations that have a voice. What I mean by this, is there an organation similiar to what the NRA does for gun rights and ABATE does for motorcycislts? I'm talking about a pure go fast organization that will speak on our behalf.

Just a thought.

Originally Posted by buck183

That's awesome. I was getting ready to comment about the same thing. Put some effort into communicating. We're not 14 year old kids texting each other, we're adult professionals communicating in the modern world. It's not that hard folks.

Buck

Originally Posted by thirdchildhood

Interesting that F'n's post contains about 10 grammatical errors however.

Originally Posted by TW720HVY

Will you please point them out us? I want to make sure I am not making the same mistakes in my postings.

Originally Posted by Frequency

I think Buck was speaking to the spirit of F'ns post, not the letter.

Originally Posted by Panther

Congrats folks... it was on CNN today....

Originally Posted by Wobble

It wouldn't be there if he hadn't been showing off for the camera. Nobody's fault but his own.