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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345699</law_id><section_number>10.1-1424</section_number><catch_line>Allowing escape of load material; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="14">Virginia Waste Management Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="3">Litter Control and Recycling</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is constructed or loaded to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. However, sand or any substance for increasing traction during times of snow and ice may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway by the Commonwealth or local government agency having that responsibility. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> operating a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> from which any glass or <span class="dictionary">objects</span> have fallen or escaped which could constitute an obstruction or damage a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> or otherwise endanger travel upon a public highway shall immediately cause the highway to be cleaned of all glass or <span class="dictionary">objects</span> and shall pay any costs therefor. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 757, &#xA7; 10-211; 1987, c. 234, &#xA7; 10-277.12; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
