My opinion is the lake is LESS safe during warm weather weekends and MORE safe during weekdays than it was ten years ago. This has to do with the law that was designed to remove fast boats from the lake. I believe the less educated boating public feel safer because of the law regulating speed is now in effect, so they come out in droves on the weekends. They are the "me first" crowd and have very limited knowledge of navigation including the 150' rule, who the stand-on vessel is and the operational requirements of the give-way vessel. This has made warm weather weekends a mess in the busy areas.
I have given up boating on the lake because of these "weekend warriors". I had a place near the Weirs. Too much chaos for me on weekends, so I have moved on. I never had a fast boat, just a 28' bow rider that I really loved. Anyone thinking that law helped things is in their own little dream world.
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