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§ 72.05 STOPPING AND YIELDING.
   No snowmobile shall enter any uncontrolled intersection without making a complete stop. The operator shall then yield the right-of-way to any vehicles or pedestrians at the intersection, or so close to the intersection as to constitute an immediate hazard.
Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 72.06 PERSONS UNDER 18.
   (A)   No person under 14 years of age shall operate on streets or make a direct crossing of a city street as the operator of a snowmobile. A person 14 years of age or older, but less than 18 years of age, may operate a snowmobile on streets as permitted under this chapter and make a direct crossing of those streets only if he or she has in his or her immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued pursuant to M.S. § 84.872, as it may be amended from time to time.
   (B)   It is unlawful for the owner of a snowmobile to permit the snowmobile to be operated contrary to the provision of this section.
Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 72.07 EQUIPMENT.
   It is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile any place within the limits of the city unless it is equipped with the following:
   (A)   Standard mufflers which are properly attached and which reduce the noise of operation of the motor to the minimum necessary for operation. No person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass straight pipe or similar device on a snowmobile motor.
   (B)   Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the snowmobile under any condition of operation.
   (C)   A safety or so called deadman throttle in operating condition.
   (D)   When operated between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, or at times of reduced visibility, at least one clear lamp attached to the front, with sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead during the hours of darkness under normal atmospheric conditions. The head lamp shall be so aimed that glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of an oncoming snowmobile operator. It shall also be equipped with at least one red light plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear during hours of darkness under normal atmospheric conditions.
   (E)   A pennant flag of red or blaze material, of a size not less than 12 inches by 9 inches, at a height of not less than six feet from ground level at any time when the vehicle is operated on public streets.
   (F)   Reflective material at least 16 square inches on each side, forward of the handlebars and at the highest practical point on any towed object, so as to reflect lights at a 90 degree angle.
Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 72.08 UNATTENDED SNOWMOBILES.
   Every person leaving a snowmobile on a public place shall lock the ignition, remove the key and take the same with him or her.
Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 72.09 EMERGENCY OPERATION PERMITTED.
   Notwithstanding any prohibitions in this chapter, a snowmobile may be operated on a public thoroughfare in an emergency during the period of time and at locations where snow upon the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical.