In this video Houston attorney Gregg Anderson of the law offices of Terry Bryant answers the question: What are the leading causes of boating accidents? There are 2 main factors that play into them and unfortunately sometimes they are both present. Many boat operators are not that experienced. They may drive a car on a daily basis, but they do not operate a boat very often so they do things that are negligent just because they are not that familiar with driving a boat. The other thing is alcohol. People go out in boats and they don’t think the way they do when they are driving a car. If too much alcohol is involved and people’s judgment gets impaired, they do things that they should not do. When you combine these two things – somebody who is not as familiar with operating a boat as they should beand if they had too much to drink and operating a boat – that is a recipe for disaster.