Your personal freedom extends to the point it infringes upon someone else’s freedom. I’ve lived on a lake for the past 18 years and this is the 1st year I cannot access the lake in the winter. My neighbor installed a permanent dock last year and his bubblers were too weak. This year he installed ice movers and now the entire water front near me is UNSAFE for at least 300+ feet. The problem is, only the first 30 feet by the dock is open water…the rest is unsafe ice blanketed by snow. He’s not year-round so I can’t talk to him until springtime and try to resolve water flow and/or time-delay for next year.
I won’t sign a petition [yet] unless it clearly sets reasonable guidelines to protect both the homeowner and recreationists. Assuming this cannot be resolved amicably (on all bodies of navigable waterways) then it should be something the government manages due to safety and infringement concerns.