312 IAC 8-2-8 Vehicles, trails, boats, and aircraft

Sec. 8. (a) A person must not operate a vehicle: (1) at a speed greater than: (A) thirty (30) miles per hour on straight, open stretches of road; or (B) fifteen (15) miles per hour on steep grades or curves or where posted; or (2) except as provided in section 17 of this rule, other than on a public road. (b) A person must not park: (1) a vehicle; (2) a boat; or (3) associated equipment; except at a site designated by the department. (c) A person must not operate a motorized cart on DNR property unless: (1) the person is using the motorized cart within a campground and: (A) meets the requirements set forth in IC 14-19-1-1(2)(A); (B) meets the requirements set forth in IC 14-19-1-1(2)(B); or (C) holds a valid driver's license and is transporting another person as authorized under clause (A) or (B); (2) the motorized cart, if operated between the hours of sunset and sunrise, has a lamp on the: (A) front exhibiting a white light visible at least five hundred (500) feet ahead of the motorized cart; and (B) rear exhibiting a red light visible at least five hundred (500) feet behind the motorized cart; and (3) the operator of the motorized cart complies with all restrictions applicable to the operation, parking, or other use of a vehicle under this section. (d) Unless an activity is licensed or exempted from licensure under this rule, a person must not do the following: (1) Leave the designated pathway for a trail while moving cross-country. (2) Except on a trail designated for the purpose: (A) hike; (B) bike; (C) ski; (D) horseback ride; or (E) operate an off-road vehicle or snowmobile. (3) Except where designated by the department, ride, lead, drive, or hitch an animal. (e) A person must not launch, dock, or moor a boat, except: (1) for approved periods; and (2) at sites designated by the department for those purposes. (f) A person must not: (1) leave a boat unattended in a courtesy dock provided by the department; or (2) moor a boat at a designated group dock or mooring post unless the boat exhibits a valid mooring permit. (g) A person must not operate or maintain a boat on a lake unless the person does each of the following: (1) Operates the boat according to the horsepower or speed restrictions applicable to the lake. (2) Except as provided in subdivisions (3) and (6), obtains and displays a valid annual boat lake permit as follows: (A) Purchase from the department a boat lake permit under a fee schedule approved by the commission. (B) Affix the permit in a visible location on the forward half of the boat. (3) Except as provided in subdivision (6), for a motorboat, obtains and displays a valid annual motorboat lake permit as follows: (A) Purchase from the department a motorboat lake permit under a fee schedule approved by the commission. (B) Affix the permit in a visible location on the port (left) side immediately following the excise tax decal or registration number. (4) For a lake containing fewer than three hundred (300) acres, operates a motorboat only if the motorboat is either of the following: (A) Powered by an electric trolling motor with not more than: (i) two (2) 12-volt batteries; or (ii) one (1) 24-volt battery. (B) Operated on Loon Lake, Otter Lake, or Blue Grass Pit in the Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area at not greater than idle speed. (5) Removes a boat from the lake before the expiration of fourteen (14) consecutive days, unless the boat is moored in an area where the department has approved mooring for a longer duration. (6) A lake located on a DNR property administered by the division of fish and wildlife is exempted from subdivisions (2) and (3). (h) A person must not leave a vehicle, a boat, or associated equipment at a DNR property unless the person is actively engaged in the use of: (1) a DNR property; or (2) an adjacent: (A) public freshwater lake; or (B) navigable waterway. (i) A person must not: (1) land, taxi, take off, park, or moor an airborne human transportation device; or (2) knowingly land, taxi, take off, park, or moor on DNR property an unmanned motor-driven airborne device. (j) A person may operate a class 1 electric bicycle on a trail designated by the department as a mountain bike trail.