Memo to snowmobilers: don’t drive if your driver’s license has been suspended.
Thomas Snyder was driving his snowmobile in Cerro Gordo County on December 27, 1999 when he was pulled over for not having a bright orange flag. The D-N-R officer asked Snyder for his driver’s license, and Synder revealed it had been suspended because he hadn’t paid some fines. He appealed his arrest, but the State Supreme Court has ruled a snowmobile IS a motor vehicle because it’s a device that transports a person, and therefore snowmobilers must have a valid driver’s license.