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Minnesota Statutes 2001, 84.928 <br /> <br />Minnesota Statutes 2001, Table of Chapters <br /> <br />Table of contents for Chapter 84 <br /> <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />ATV Statute <br /> <br />84. 928 Operation requirements; local regulation. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. Operation on roads and rights-of-way. <br />(a) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle along or <br />on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of a public <br />road right-of-way other than in the ditch or the outside bank or <br />slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway in this <br />state unless otherwise allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.929. <br /> <br /> (b) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle registered <br />for private use and used for agricultural purposes on a public <br />road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county <br />highway in this state if the all-terrain vehicle is operated on <br />the extreme right-hand side of the road, .and left turns may be <br />made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the <br />prevailing conditions. <br /> <br /> {c) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle <br />within the public road right-of-way of a trunk, county <br />state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in the <br />agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively <br />as transportation to and from work on agricultural lands. This <br />paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee of a road <br />authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 9, or the <br />department of natural resources when performing or exercising <br />official duties or powers. <br /> <br /> (d) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle <br />within the public road right-of-way of a trunk, county <br />state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half hour <br />after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the <br />right-hand side of the right-of-way and in the same direction as <br />the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the adjacent roadway. <br /> <br /> (e) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle at <br />any time within the right-of-way of an interstate highway or <br />freeway within this state. <br /> <br />Subd. la. Crossings of a public road right-of-way. <br />(a) An all-terrain vehicle may make a direct crossing of a <br />public road right-of-way provided: <br /> <br /> (1) the crossing is made at an angle of approximately 90 <br />degrees to the direction of the road and at a place where no <br />obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing; <br /> <br /> (2) the vehicle is brought to a complete stop before <br />crossing the shoulder or main traveled way of the road; <br /> <br /> (3) the driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming <br />traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard; <br /> <br /> (4) in crossing a divide.,road, the crossing is made only <br />at an intersection of the road with another public road; and <br /> <br /> (5) if the crossing is made between the hours of one-half <br />hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or in <br /> <br />7/10/02 <br /> <br /> <br />