Irregardless of the age and experince level and the water craft for that matter. the simple fact is we have been allowed to police ourselves on the water forever and every year we see bigger faster and more powerful boats and jet skies. 200+ HP fishing boats 40 to 50 foot speed demons with over a thousand horses the operators can not see within 40 feet of his own bow. If we drove our cars like we drive our boats most of us would be in prison so until some one invents a water brake other than one involving the bank or the next smaller water craft we are all responsible for our own safty as well as the ones we share the water with.