Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1906.Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle
is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping,
sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that:
(1) This section shall not prohibit the necessary spreading of any
substance in highway maintenance or construction operations; and
(2) subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
when hauling livestock if such trailers or semitrailers are properly
equipped with a cleanout trap and such trap is operated in a closed
position unless material is intentionally spilled when the trap is in a
closed position. Paragraph (2) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
used for hauling livestock when livestock are not being hauled in such
trailers or semitrailers.
(b) All trailers or semitrailers used for hauling livestock shall be
cleaned out periodically.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load
unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened
so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose,
detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1906; L. 1984, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 45, § 1; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1906.Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle
is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping,
sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that:
(1) This section shall not prohibit the necessary spreading of any
substance in highway maintenance or construction operations; and
(2) subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
when hauling livestock if such trailers or semitrailers are properly
equipped with a cleanout trap and such trap is operated in a closed
position unless material is intentionally spilled when the trap is in a
closed position. Paragraph (2) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
used for hauling livestock when livestock are not being hauled in such
trailers or semitrailers.
(b) All trailers or semitrailers used for hauling livestock shall be
cleaned out periodically.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load
unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened
so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose,
detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1906; L. 1984, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 45, § 1; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1906.Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle
is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping,
sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that:
(1) This section shall not prohibit the necessary spreading of any
substance in highway maintenance or construction operations; and
(2) subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
when hauling livestock if such trailers or semitrailers are properly
equipped with a cleanout trap and such trap is operated in a closed
position unless material is intentionally spilled when the trap is in a
closed position. Paragraph (2) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers
used for hauling livestock when livestock are not being hauled in such
trailers or semitrailers.
(b) All trailers or semitrailers used for hauling livestock shall be
cleaned out periodically.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load
unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened
so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose,
detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1906; L. 1984, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 45, § 1; July 1.