The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) reminds property owners that snowmobiles are allowed too travel on state and county highway right-of-way, which includes driveway entrances. Property owners may not block driveway entrances in an attempt to keep snowmobiles from traveling over them. This is not only dangerous practice, but it is illegal to block access to state property. Mn/DOT officials also remind snowmobilers to use caution, common sense and courtesy when travling alongside the highway. o Snowmobilers may travel in the bottom of the ditch or use the outside slope farthest from the roadway. Snowmobiles cannot be operated on the driving surace, shoulder, or inside slope of the ditch on any state or county highway. o Maximum speed limit is 50 miles per hour, or the roadway’s posted speed limit, whichever is less. o Snowmobile travel is not allowed in the median of any four-lane divided highway. o Snowmobiles may not be operated within the right-of-way or median area of any interstate highway. o To cross a roadway, snowmobiles must come to a complete stop before crossing, must yield to all oncoming traffic, and must cross at a 90-degree angle. In the case of a divided highway, crossing is permitted at any intersection with another public road or at a constructed crossover area within the highway itself. Snowmobile drivers should slow down and use extreme caution when crossing over driveway entrances. o Headlights and tail lights must be on during hours of darkness. Between one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, no person shall operate a snowmobile within the right-of-way of a highway except on the right-hand side, and in the same direction as the traffic on the nearest driving lane of the roadway. This regulation does not apply during daylight hours.
