Dave R. excellent post.... I know it makes me think about things a little differently....
I have been boating so long operating the boat is like second nature to me, reading the water and wave and not slamming the boat around just kind of happens naturally.... leaving me much more alert to look around an pay attention to boat traffic etc.
And sure as you said there are the people that just don't give a dam, but there are those people that are caught up learning to boat that spend a lot of time focusing on the boat handling and not on everything else going on around them.....
There is definately a 90/10 thing going on for sure.....
Now as for docking..... come on I thought everyone loved to dock????????