The problem is there's been no law enforcement in Packery Channel enforcing the law that exists. Brad Rogers, a personal watercraft mechanic who rides in the channel on the weekends, said riders know they aren't suppose to speed past the houses, but they do it anyway. One time, I had people throwing beer bottles at me. An ordinance could help, but it's not likely, he said. It's suppose to all be a no-wake zone.
Nobody acknowledges it.
It's so much more fun to go fast. Since the channel opens up into the Intracoastal Waterway, most riders, Rogers said, don't think there should be a speed limit. They need to post some signs, but this is the ski hole and so many people have been coming here for years. Currently, the Packery Channel is under the jurisdiction of the county sheriff's marine patrol, which according to Weaver, tends to focus more on criminal violations rather than traffic violations. Game wardens also can issue tickets on the channel.