2022 Colorado Code
Title 33 - Parks and Wildlife
Article 14 - Snowmobiles
§ 33-14-112. Crossing Roads, Highways, and Railroad Tracks
- The crossing of a road or highway by a snowmobile operator, when not prohibited by this article, shall be made only in accordance with the following provisions:
- The crossing shall be made at an angle of approximately ninety degrees to the direction of the highway and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing.
- The snowmobile shall be brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or, if none, the roadway, before proceeding.
- The operator shall yield the right-of-way to all motor vehicle traffic on such road or highway which constitutes an immediate hazard to such crossing.
- The crossing of a divided highway, when permitted under this article, shall be made only at an intersection of such highway with another road or highway.
- No snowmobile may be driven upon the right-of-way of any operating railroad, except for the crossing of the tracks at their intersection with a road or highway.
- [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 911, § 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 95: (3) amended, p. 973, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1950, § 30, effective May 22. L. 2019: (3) amended, (HB 19-1026), ch. 423, p. 3699, § 27, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3268, § 582, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note:- This section is similar to former § 33-7-111 as it existed prior to 1984.
- Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For the short title ("Respect the Great Outdoors Act") and the legislative declaration in HB 19-1026, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 423, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.