Section 15. Removal of vehicles

1. The commissioner of transportation shall
  have  the power to cause the removal and disposition of any vehicle left
  unattended for more than twenty-four hours within the right  of  way  of
  any   state   highway   or  on  any  other  public  property  under  his
  jurisdiction.
    2. The commissioner of transportation shall have the  power  to  cause
  the  immediate  removal,  from the right of way of any state highway, of
  any vehicle which obstructs or interferes with the use of such a highway
  for  public  travel;  or  which  obstructs  or   interferes   with   the
  construction,  reconstruction or maintenance of such a highway; or which
  obstructs or interferes with the clearing or removal of snow or ice from
  such a highway; or which obstructs or interferes with any  operation  of
  the department of transportation during a public emergency.
    3.  The owner of a vehicle removed under any of the provisions of this
  section may be charged the reasonable cost of  removal  and  disposition
  thereof.
    4.  The term vehicle, as used in this section, shall mean every device
  in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or
  drawn upon a highway, except  devices  moved  by  human  power  or  used
  exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.