Driving snowmobiles in Michigan

[rpm]

I am reading the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources snowmobile regulations and it states that a person can not operate a snowmobile if he or she has a suspened license. Can that person go take a snowmobile safety course and then carry the safety certificate with them to make them legal to ride?

 

[harvest1121]

You cannot operate a snowmobile in Michigan if suspended.
Driver License Information
Suspended Driver License


You may not operate a snowmobile if your license to operate an automobile has been suspended or revoked by Michigan or your home state.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10365_14824-32293--,00.html

 

[jimfsr]

Applys to boats too, in Mi. The safety cert. is good from age 12 to when a drivers license is issued. Usually 16-17 yrs old.

 

[cdsprague]

I did not know that..

 

[polarisrider1]

I am reading the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources snowmobile regulations and it states that a person can not operate a snowmobile if he or she has a suspened license. Can that person go take a snowmobile safety course and then carry the safety certificate with them to make them legal to ride?

No.

 

[catalac]

All the years that I have been riding, I have never once been asked to see my license.

 

[sjshaner]

Are you sure it is for any reason and not just a DUI? And what about someone who has not gotten a drivers license yet? My son is 17 soon to be 18 and we have not allowed him to get his license until he is 18. Just wondering on that.

 

[chords]

No DL required to operate sled. The key word here is Suspended meaning you had DL and the state yanked it. A sled safety course does not reinstate a DL. That takes $$ and a lawyer.
Not sure, but any major infraction- alcohol, bodily harm,, goes on DL points.

 

[anonomoose]

Any moving violation can get you points, and enough points get's the license suspended automatically in Michigan.

Not sure what they would do if you drove a sled without a license and got caught by authorities. Probably not much...but donno!!!

 

[tomxc700]

Any moving violation can get you points, and enough points get's the license suspended automatically in Michigan.

Not sure what they would do if you drove a sled without a license and got caught by authorities. Probably not much...but donno!!!

The sled gets impounded and you go to jail, same thing as if you were driving a car. I saw it done last year.

 

[chords]

I meant anything major operating a sled goes on DL. All other sled violations moving or not are fine$

Sled impoundment would be for operating while on a Suspended license, not because you dont have one. Carry a State photo ID if no DL or if youth Safety Cert.