                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

THROWING OR DEPOSITING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES UPON HIGHWAY; REMOVAL OF SUCH
SUBSTANCES (§ 18.2-324)

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 same 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 persons violating the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
		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
Division of Purchase and Supply shall, pursuant to § 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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33.1-350; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1997, c. 136.