| | | 6.__Operating ATV on public way.__Except as provided in this | | subsection, a person may not operate an ATV, other than an ATV | | registered with the Secretary of State under Title 29-A, on any | | portion of a public way maintained or used for the operation of | | conventional motor vehicles or on the sidewalks of any public | | way. |
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| | | A.__A properly registered ATV may be operated on a public | | way only the distance necessary, but in no case to exceed | | 300 yards, on the extreme right of the traveled way for the | | purpose of crossing, as directly as possible, a public way, | | sidewalk or culvert. |
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| | | B.__A properly registered ATV may be operated on a public | | way only the distance necessary, but in no case to exceed | | 500 yards, on the extreme right of the traveled way for the | | sole purpose of crossing, as directly as possible, a bridge, | | overpass or underpass, as long as that operation can be made | | in safety and that it does not interfere with traffic | | approaching from either direction on the public way. |
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| | | C.__An ATV may be operated on any portion of a public way | | when the public way has been closed in accordance with Title | | 23, section 2953. |
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| | | D.__An ATV may be operated on a public way that is not | | maintained or used for the operation of conventional motor | | vehicles, except that operation on the left side of the way | | is prohibited during the hours from sunset to sunrise. |
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| | | E.__An ATV may be operated on streets and public ways during | | a period of emergency when the emergency has been so | | declared by a police agency having jurisdiction and when | | travel by conventional motor vehicles is not practicable. |
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| | | F.__An ATV may be operated on streets and public ways in | | special events of limited duration conducted according to a | | prearranged schedule under a permit from the governmental | | unit having jurisdiction. |
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| | | G.__An ATV may be operated on a public way on the extreme | | right of the traveled way by a law enforcement officer for | | the sole purpose of traveling between the place where the | | ATV is usually stored and an area to be patrolled by the law | | enforcement officer. |
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| | | H.__Notwithstanding paragraphs A to G, an ATV may be | | operated on the extreme right of a public way of a | | municipality or an unorganized or unincorporated township if | | the appropriate governmental unit has designated the public | | way as an ATV-access route.__A public way designated by an |
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