LD 1600
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3.__Operating snowmobile upon controlled access highway.__Except
as provided in this subsection, a person may not operate a
snowmobile upon a controlled access highway or within the right-of-
way limits of a controlled access highway.

 
A.__A person on a properly registered snowmobile may cross
controlled access highways by use of bridges over or roads
under those highways, or by use of roads crossing controlled
access highways at grade.

 
B.__The Commissioner of Transportation may issue special
permits for designated crossings of controlled access
highways.

 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation
for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500
may be adjudged.

 
4.__Unlawfully operating snowmobile on plowed road.__A person
may not operate a snowmobile upon any plowed private road, or
public road plowed privately without public compensation, after
having been forbidden to do so by the owner thereof, the owner's
agent or a municipal official, either personally or by
appropriate notices posted conspicuously on that road.

 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation
for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500
may be adjudged.

 
5.__Operating snowmobile on public way.__Except as provided in
subsection 4 and this subsection, a person may not operate a
snowmobile upon the main traveled portion, the sidewalks or the
plowed snowbanks of a public way.

 
A.__A properly registered snowmobile 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;

 
B.__A properly registered snowmobile 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, provided that that operation
can be made in safety and that it does not interfere with
vehicular traffic approaching from either direction on the
public way;


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