Ordinance - 1967-1972 - 08/21/1967

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(7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident resulting in injumy requiring medical attention or hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an extent of $100 or more, shall promptly forward a written report of the accident to the commissioner on such form as he shall prescribe. Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1969, Section 84.87, Subdivision 1, is amended to read: 84.87 OPERATION; REGULATIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES. Subdivision 1. OPERATION ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS-. (a) No person shall operate a snowmobile upon the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of any trunk, county state aid, or county highway in this state and, in the case of a divided trunk or county high- way, on the right of way between the opposing lanes of traffic, except as provided in this act. No Person shall operate a snowmobile within the right of way of any trunk, county state aid,oor dounty highway between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right hand side of such right of way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the roadway adjacent thereto. No snowmobile shall be operated at any time within the right Of way of any interstate highway or freeway within this state. .~ (b) A snowmobile may make a direct crossing of a street or highway at any houm of the day provided: (1) The crossiog is made at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the h~ghway and at a place Where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; and ' ~ (2) The snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or main traveled way of the highway; and (3) The driver yields the right of way to all oncoming traffic which consti- tutes an immediate hazard; and (4) In crossing a divided highway, the crossing is made only at an intersection of sud'h highway with another public street 6r highway; and (5) If the crossing is made between the hoUrs of one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or in conditions of reduced visibility, only if both front and rear lights are on. (c) No snowmobile shall be operated upon a public street or highway unless i% is equipped with at least one head lamp, one tail lamp, each'of minimum candle- p~wer as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner, reflector material of a minimum area of 16 square inches mounted on each side forward of the handle bars, and with brakes each of which shall conform to standards prescribed by rule of the commissioner pursuant to the authority vested in him by section 84.86, and each of which shall be subject to approval of the commissioner of highways. (d) A snowmobile may be operated upon a public street or highway other than as provid?d by clause (b) in an emergency during the period of time when and at locations whe;~e snow upon the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical. (e) Ail provisions of chapter 169 shall apply to the operation of sno~...~nobiles upon streets and highways, except for those relating to required equipmen't, and except those which by their nature have no application.