Snowmobile universal access ordinance

[hoosierdoc]

Can anyone point me to the law or ordinance that gives someone on a snowmobile unlimited access to drive wherever they want? It seems there is at least one person by me who whenever it snows feels compelled to cut across around 40 yards on their way to a field or two.

this seems to happen everywhere so I assume it's not them just being rude and assuming since snow is on the ground their vehicle is welcome in our yard.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I dunno, but they might want to be careful with that in case you'd dropped some of your bits of steel with sharp points in the yard and forgotten to pick them up before it snowed. Might do some damage.

 

[Alamo]

Many states (not sure if Indiana is one) have a law that protects landowners from liability to trespassers who hike and ride on unposted (against trespass) land. It is meant to encourage landowners of large acreages to NOT post their lands off limits so others may enjoy it as well without having to ask permission of every landowner. (I think there is name for this type of law, but I have forgotten it).

It does not extend to allowing people to camp and build hunting blinds, hunt, etc without permission, and it seems a stretch to say it allows your neighbor to ride his snowmobile through your front yard. Or even your back yard, unless your back yard is 40 acres. Even if Indiana has that law, I doubt it applies to residential areas either.

That's as close as I can come.

Oh, I think there is a law against setting booby traps.

 

[Thegeek]

Go out there and tell him it's ok if he gives you a turn!

 

[eldirector]

Fences make good neighbors, and all that.....

 

[steveh_131]

IC 32-18-33-11
ACCESS OF SNOWMOBILE
Sec. 11. The Snowmobile-er shall, within one (1) month of substantial snowfall, be allowed access to any and all private property that he or she desires to ride on. This includes, but is not limited to,
(A) Your front yard, and
(B) Your back yard, including

1. Your garden, and
2. Your shrubberies

(C) Your driveway.

The rider shall also be permitted to engage in general acts of douche-baggery in your yard, such as
(1) Doughnuts
(2) Jumps over your landscaping
(3) Shouting obscenely to fellow douche-bags while driving at hours later than 10:00PM CST.

 

[HoughMade]

Ooooohh, placing it is Title 32- "Property", ....shows someone knows his I.C.

 

[hoosierdoc]

(3) Shouting obscenely to fellow douche-bags while driving at hours later than 10:00PM CST.

Ooooohh, placing it is Title 32- "Property", ....shows someone knows his I.C.

Yeah, but he had to throw the CST in there and ruin an otherwise good post

 

[HoughMade]

Yeah, but he had to throw the CST in there and ruin an otherwise good post

Oh....you live in that other time zone.

New York wannbes....whatcha gonna do?

 

[steveh_131]

I figured every Indiana resident who knows how to reads lives in that time zone.

 

[Hogwylde]

Barbwire fence is NOT a booby trap.

 

[HoughMade]

Barbwire fence is NOT a booby trap.

Is that what he should be screaming during his perp walk?

 

[jd4320t]

Snowmobiles are few and far between. Wait til in a few years when there are drones everywhere.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I figured every Indiana resident who knows how to reads lives in that time zone.

maybe, but we're talking snowmobiles here. reading is not a pre-requisite to riding them.

 

[HoughMade]

I figured every Indiana resident who knows how to read lives in that time zone.

YES!

 

[BehindBlueI's]

IC 32-18-33-11
ACCESS OF SNOWMOBILE
Sec. 11. The Snowmobile-er shall, within one (1) month of substantial snowfall, be allowed access to any and all private property that he or she desires to ride on. This includes, but is not limited to,
(A) Your front yard, and
(B) Your back yard, including

1. Your garden, and
2. Your shrubberies

(C) Your driveway.

The rider shall also be permitted to engage in general acts of douche-baggery in your yard, such as
(1) Doughnuts
(2) Jumps over your landscaping
(3) Shouting obscenely to fellow douche-bags while driving at hours later than 10:00PM CST.

Bonus points for "shrubberies". Nicely done.

 

[Leadeye]

Had this problem at my old place in the burbs, simply told them to stay on the road.

 

[rotortech]

When I lived in Wisconsin this was considered normal behavior. They began their runs after dark and went into the wee hours. Since the roads get plowed and salted, they would run through front yards and over driveways parallel to the roads. I repeat, all night long. As an outsider I asked someone about this behavior and they just shrugged and said "That's the way it is here." Nuff said. Those guys loved their snowmobiles. I suspect that this neighbor of yours is from up yonder somewhere.

 

[CHCRandy]

Don't complain too much.....or they will raise our license plates and /or taxes to pay to build snowmobile routes, kinda like them bike lanes and nature walks. Just saying.........

 

[hornadylnl]

We seem to owe all other hobbyists a venue, why not snowmobilers?