Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road
Article 10 - Special Rules for Snowmobiles and Other Off-Highway Vehicles
13 AAC 02.455 - Operation on highways and other locations
Universal Citation: 13 AK Admin Code 02.455
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) A snowmobile or an off-highway vehicle may be driven on a roadway or shoulder of a highway only under the following circumstances:
(1) when
crossing a highway as provided in (f) of this section, or when traversing a
bridge or culvert on a highway, but then only by driving at the extreme
right-hand edge of the bridge or culvert and only when the traverse can be
completed with safety and without interfering with other traffic on the
highway;
(2) when use of the
highway by other motor vehicles is impossible because of snow or ice
accumulation or other natural conditions or when the highway is posted or
otherwise designated as being open to travel by off-highway vehicles;
(3) when highway driving is authorized by an
authority having jurisdiction over the highway, but only in accordance with
restrictions which may be imposed by that authority with regard to highway use;
or
(4) when driven on the
right-of-way of a highway which is not a controlled-access highway, outside the
roadway or shoulder, and no closer than three feet from the nearest edge of the
roadway; night driving may be only on the right-hand side of the highway and in
the same direction as the highway motor vehicle traffic in the nearest lane of
the roadway; no person may drive an off-highway vehicle within the area
dividing the roadways of a divided highway, except to cross the highway as
provided in (f) of this section.
(b) Repealed 6/28/79.
(c) Repealed 6/28/79.
(d) Repealed 6/28/79.
(e) Repealed 6/28/79.
(f) A snowmobile or an off-highway vehicle may make a direct crossing of a highway if
(1) the crossing is made approximately at a
right angle to the highway and at a location where visibility along the highway
in both directions is clear for a sufficient distance to assure safety, and the
crossing can be completed safely and without interfering with other traffic on
the highway; and
(2) the vehicle is
brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or roadway, and the
driver yields the right-of-way to all traffic on the highway.
(g) No snowmobile or other off-highway vehicle may cross or travel on a sidewalk, a location intended for pedestrian or other nonmotorized traffic, an alley, or a vehicular way or area which is not open to snowmobile or off-highway vehicle operation, except as provided in (f) of this section.
Authority:AS 28.05.011
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