Sharing the road
A snowmobile rider needs to cross a state highway ahead of you. How does New York law require the crossing to be made?
- Stop, yield to traffic, then cross at a 90-degree angle to the road. Correct answer
- Slow down and cross at a shallow angle so the crossing takes less effort.
- Cross without stopping, because vehicles on the highway must yield to it.
Why
State law lets all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles cross many state highways and local roads, so a driver can meet one crossing in many places. The crossing has rules: the rider must come to a stop, yield to traffic on the road, and then go straight across at a right angle, 90 degrees to the road surface. The second option drops the stop and the right angle, and the third turns the duty upside down, because it is the ATV or snowmobile that yields, not the highway traffic. The crossing the law describes is three moves in a row, a stop, a yield and a straight line across the road.
Where this comes from
New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), April 2026 version. The correct answer is Stop, yield to traffic, then cross at a 90-degree angle to the road.
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