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Board member Dick Woodruff voted against the change and called it troubling. "The distance Jimmy Choo Shoes by vehicle going 50 miles per hour is 73 feet in 1 second," he said. "At night that to me seems like a very dangerous situation," since riders may have little time to react if they come upon an ice ridge, open water, or Christian Louboutin Suede Platform Peep-Toe Pump a cross-country skier in the middle of the lake. Others who voted against increasing snowmobile speeds at night raised concerns about alcohol and late-night noise. But snowmobile drivers are pleased with the increased limits, said Pat O'Flanagan, manager at Lake Minnetonka Motorsports in Spring Park. "It's been Christian Louboutin Suede Platform Pump slow for a long time," he said. "It's really hard to ride a snowmobile at the speeds they've had out there. Snowmobiles aren't designed to putt around. It takes the fun out of it." O'Flanagan said snowmobile technology has vastly improved, making sleds safer to drive at higher speeds. Headlights are brighter and far-reaching, he said, and noise Christian Louboutin Supra Fifre Over The Knees Boots 08-83 are much lower. The public is just learning about the changes, which were published last week in a new winter rules brochure. Do's and don'ts Minnetonka may be the only metro lake to increase driving speeds on ice in recent years, but it's not the only one to regulate driving on frozen public waters. Minneapolis and St. Paul prohibit driving on lake ice. Many metro communities, including Maple Grove and Plymouth, have speed limits, restricted hours or other rules. Even on Minnetonka, vehicles may not drive close to shore except to get further out on the lake. "Even though there's not a speed limit [for ice driving] on 99 percent of the lakes in Minnesota, if you operate that vehicle in a careless manner you can still be charged under state law for reckless driving," said Greg Salo, a state conservation officer and captain in central Minnesota. Drivers and their vehicles must be properly licensed and registered, he said, and DWI laws are enforced. Cautionary notes Hartig's team posts "thin ice" signs, watches for careless driving and responds to accidents on Hennepin County lakes.