Quad on public streets?

[rmodel65]

is it legal, ive got a buddy who lives in NH he wants to know. He is awaiting account activation here.

[Hubbard]

is it legal, ive got a buddy who lives in NH he wants to know. He is awaiting account activation here.

My understanding is no it is not unless you are going from trail to trail a short distance. Otherwise you must stay 3 feet from the road.

[Lloyd Danforth]

We were just discussing doing this in Grafton.  50 of roughly our 60 miles of roads are gravel.  We also can get places on the Rail Trail with Quads now that snow is settled on it.

[Toadstool]

oddly enough, in snow emergency's and state emergency's you can drive snow mobiles and quads...

I have buddies who run em, just have a good smile and tell cop your having a KICK ASS TIME! maybe he'll remember what FUN is and let you go....
Enjoy that quad...

[John Edward Mercier]

is it legal, ive got a buddy who lives in NH he wants to know. He is awaiting account activation here.

Depends.
Some roads are 'marked trail', some are privately or commonly owned...

[KBCraig]

Some towns (Berlin, for one) have worked with NHDoT and private land owners to allow a combination of public road and private land connections between various OHRV trails. Snow machines legally drive up Main Street in Lancaster when the snow allows.

Other than local exceptions like those, the only way to legally drive any OHRV on a public road is to cross directly at a right angle.

[AntonLee]

this would be awesome cd. . . saw some terrific atv's that even hold your snowmobile at the mall the other day (for show)

[www]

Snow machines legally drive up Main Street in Lancaster when the snow allows.

Other than local exceptions like those, the only way to legally drive any OHRV on a public road is to cross directly at a right angle.

You might want to look into that - I have seen snow mobiles (called machines by the locals - not snow machine, just machine) driving right down main street in Hillsborough - my impression is they are legal on the road if the road is covered with snow - but I could be completely wrong, and they may have just been hotshotting. Come to think of it I got a ride on one once when my car couldn't get through the snow, and we went right down the road. I wouldn't say the same for OHRV's though.

[John Edward Mercier]

The statutes are the same...
Its illegal to operate on a public highway (road) or within its right-of-way without it being marked as part of a public trail system.

[Toadstool]

well either way, my buddies snow mobile runs well on 10 inches of snow on pavement.
real fast machine.
not bad...

[www]

So just being practical, then - besides who's going to catch them? A snow mobile doing 60 vs a cruiser that can only do 30 in deep snow? And can't follow them when they leave the road and head down the trail? NH has more miles of snow mobile trails than roads, and they are very well maintained.

[KBCraig]

I suppose it's not technically legal to operate your boat on city streets either, but there were plenty of them during the floods.

[Pat K]

I suppose it's not technically legal to operate your boat on city streets either, but there were plenty of them during the flood.

No sir it is not illegal to tow your boat.
However we do require you put it on
a trailer.

Could you ask your friends to step out
of the boat please sir.

Jeff Foxworthy.

[EthanLeeVita]

I say this with utmost sincerity:
I hope the flood was fined adequately enough for all those boats that it put on the roads illegally. And perhaps a proportional fine system would be adequate so as to milk more money out of the flood?

[John Edward Mercier]

During declared State Emergencies... the statutes have an override provision.

We had two snowmobiles arrested for operating on the road here last year. They would have only been fined, but because they failed to stop... it becomes a crime.