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' - Subd. 5. Operation Within 300 Feet of the Shoreline. No person ^all i^rate a personal watercraft at a speed in excess of 5 miles per hour or at a speed which results in more than a minimum wake between 150 feet and 300 feet of the shoreline unless the personal watercraft is being driven perpendicular to the shoreline and to or from the nearest point of water 300 feet from the shoreline or parallel to the shoreline from one location to another in a manner which is not repetitive. Subd. 6. Automatic Cut-off Device. No person hall operate a personal watercraft which is equipped by the manufaemrer with a lanyard-type cutoff switch unless the lanyard is attached to the person, clothing or personal flotation device of the operator. No person shall operate a personal watercraft on which the automatic cut-off device applied by the manufaemrer has been altered, disabled or removed. Subd. 7. Wake Jumping. No person operating a personal watercraft shall jump the wake of another watercraft within 150 feet of that watercraft. This includes the wake of another personal watercraft. Subd. 8. Careless operation. A personal watercraft must at all times be operated in a reasonable and prudent manner. Maneuvers which unreasonably or unnecessarily endanger life, limb or property, including, but not limited to weaving through congested boat traffic or swerving at the last possible moment to avoid collision shall constimte careless, reckless or grossly negligent operation. Subd. 9. Rental. Any person who offers personal watercraft for rent: (a) shall not rent a personal watercraft, regardless of the horsepower, to any person who is less than 16 years of age or who is 16 years of age or over but less than 18 years of age and not in possession of an operator’s permit ^ I'III* 11 till