When out boating how often do you feel people are reckless or even drunk while operating their boat?

I’m on a boat maybe 3 times a year, and almost every time I have some scary incident. Scary to me, while a lot of the time other people take it in stride seemingly better. Boats going too fast in densely trafficked areas, or too close to other boats. I just saw on the show Katie that Erin Brockovich was arrested for DUI while operating a boat, and I am glad to see this happens.

I do have a stereotype in my head of boating people also being drinking people. It’s not that I think everyone on a boat is a drunk, I only mean if I had to bet, I bet percentage wise more people are DUI on the water than on the road. Add in the hot sun, I think it is a bad combination. Feel free to correct me if you think I am wrong. As I said, I don’t have a ton of experience on the water.