Age 15 and crossing roads with snowmobile license - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

mcallan · 12-23-2008, 09:19 PM

Where i live it is illegal for my son who is 15 and has his snowmobile license to be on or cross any roads. I have heard if you get caught the police dont do any thing, they just check for the stuff they normally would and send you on your way.

Have any of you guys had experiences like this and they dint care or did they and you got find.

Tell me if you think they would have time and care for something like this.

Thanks,
Cole

FeedMetal · 12-23-2008, 09:56 PM

im 16 and only have my g1 no other license and i ride my sled all over but if i get caught in another field its a $10 000 fine, plus i dont have the owner ship for my sled since im like the 4th owner so its not plated or insured so i think the fine would increase lol i just hope i dont get caught but the cops usually dont give us problems unless we are on the green way (old train way that got turned into a nature trail or w.e)

Spun222400 · 12-23-2008, 10:40 PM

iv never been botherd crossing a road? id say as long as your not riding on the side of the road you wouldint be botherd crossing at groomed crossings

FeedMetal · 12-23-2008, 10:44 PM

theres always people just riding around up and down the sides of the streets and stuff but when everyone rides up and down the sides of the street no one goes fast, always go slower then traffic

mcallan · 12-23-2008, 10:47 PM

FeedMetal, Ya its around ten grand without any thing if you get got around here ( Ontario, Canada). If he was riding down the road im sure he'd go slow just so if he does get caught he wouldn't be doing any thing stupid

Spun222400, Thats exactly what i was thinking.

Thanks for your opinions guys.

powderhound · 12-24-2008, 10:07 PM

In Michigan Sleds are legally allowed to ride on the right side on all county roadways. I knew that in Ohio though if you got pulled over for riding the roads it was almost a sure ticket because most people fund snowmobiles to be annoying and just complained, but in Michigan it isn't a problem.

mcallan · 12-25-2008, 01:20 AM

it isnt a problem here if you have your g1 or higher your allowed on any thing but kings highways, But if you just have your snowmobile licsence your not allowed to be on or cross any road.

**smallengineguy** · 12-25-2008, 06:10 AM

Here in NH, I have to cross the sled for my son and he walks across.

theonethatiam · 01-07-2009, 02:36 PM

Snowmobile licsence?

mcallan · 01-07-2009, 03:23 PM

Ya around here you have to get one if you dont have your G1 atleat around here in canada, Ontario i dont know about any where else tho, im fifteen so i had to get a snowmobile licsence becuase i dont get my G1 for another year.

theonethatiam · 01-07-2009, 05:34 PM

Ahh, ok. Here, you don't have to have any kind of license unless you ride ON the roads the same way you would drive a car, but that's here. Wyoming is extremely easy on snowmobiles and their riders.

TCOLLINS · 01-07-2009, 05:37 PM

In illinois it's illegal but like you said chances are that if everything else is legit, you'll be fine.

JheLrey · 01-07-2009, 11:53 PM

TC nailed it, be honest if you get caught... just don't be f*ing around on the sled otherwise there are no breaks. Every sled I ever stopped didn't even get a ticket from me, nor a warning... just because I know how it is! I did tow them though if there was no current registration.

mcallan · 01-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Ya thats what i thought, If every thing is legit n you arent doing anything stupid u should be good to go. Unless the guy is a complete ass lol, but most of the guys who have stopped me are nice.

TCOLLINS · 01-08-2009, 11:02 PM

That was coming from the officer that came to the safety class when I took my daughter.

troy1 · 01-13-2009, 01:49 AM

Here in Maine a person needs to be 10 years old to operate a snowmobile off of family land and 14 to cross a road. No licsence required at all. God i love living in Maine.

mcallan · 01-13-2009, 09:50 PM

lol i bet , over hear you have to wait until your twelve to get your snowmobile license and you can even touch a road legally then you still cant touch a road until your 16 when you get your g1

( First license for driving cars im not sure if its the same every where else )

The Count · 02-07-2009, 09:38 PM

So in Wyoming you can ride a sled like its a car, on the streets and everything? Sweet I wanna do that. Where else can you do it. I think in IL you can do it.

theonethatiam · 02-09-2009, 11:25 AM

Its not legal but smaller towns can't clear snow as fast as other places and most of the time the cop or sherrif will just tell you to go home. However, gravel county roads are fair game.

CATDRIVER · 02-12-2009, 04:23 PM

In Eastern Washington where we ride, anyone under 12 is supposed to stay off the roads. At 12 you need to have a permit that shows you attended a free safety class and be accompanied by adults. Fortunately for me, my younger ones have no interest in sledding so I don't have to worry about it. We have areas on the road where a sign states "snowmobilng is allowed" but you have to be cautious and yield to vehicles. There isn't any restrictions on road crossing that I know of up there. The Ranger rides around and stops people at random and checks for registrations but that's all unless your doing something stupid. It's pretty relaxed all in all. Cans will get you sent home, if he pulls you over and you have a can, he will do a decibel test and send you home if you don't pass. If he catches you on the trail again with the can, you could get impounded and have to pay to get your sled back and sign a statement saying you will not ride on public propery with a can on. Since were all property owners, the ranger knows us and doesn't give us too much trouble.