Was out on a friend’s boat yesterday. There are always idiots on the water, always those who drunk too much on the water and those who motor way too fast for as many boats in the lake. The most obvious offenders of speed and recklessness seem to be the wave runners and jet skis. Most often they’re the 16 year olds with no fear for anything. Saw plenty of them yesterday.
Had a tragedy a few years ago near us where some teens were out partying during a local holiday that celebrates local loggers (big industry around us), and ran over another boat killing several, including a young child. He took off, but witnesses identified some of the teens on the boat, and they arrested them, but the driver refused to admit he was out that day on the water. The family of the dead went through hell during the trial. The kid who was driving reminded me of how Vandersloot treated the mother and father of the girl he murdered.
They ended up banning boats on the water for partying reasons during the holiday because of that incident, and the wardens patrol pretty heavy on That day now. So now everyone goes and gets drunk on that day and drives on the streets.