§ 42-146. Throwing or depositing certain substances upon highway.

(a)

No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nail, tack, wire, can, or any other substance likely to injure any person or animal or damage any vehicle upon such highway, nor shall any person throw or deposit or cause to be deposited upon any highway any soil, sand, mud, gravel or other substances so as to create a hazard to the traveling public. Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive, hazardous or injurious material shall immediately remove the material or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

(b)

This section shall not apply to the use, by a law-enforcement officer while in the discharge of official duties, of any device designed to deflate tires. The state division of purchase and supply shall, pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 2.2-1112, set minimum standards for such devices and shall give notice of such standards to law-enforcement offices in the commonwealth. No such device shall be used which does not meet or exceed the standards.

(Code 1992, § 15-26)

Cross reference— Streets, sidewalks and other public places, ch. 58.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-324.

(Code 1992, § 15-26)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-324.

Cross reference

Streets, sidewalks and other public places, ch. 58.