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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 757 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 234; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1373167,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345699,"identifier":"10.1-1424","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1424","url":"\/10.1-1424\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1424\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1424","dublin_core":{"Title":"Allowing escape of load material; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1424","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<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. 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Any person operating a vehicle from which any glass or\nobjects have fallen or escaped which could constitute an obstruction or damage a\nvehicle or otherwise endanger travel upon a public highway shall immediately\ncause the highway to be cleaned of all glass or objects and shall pay any costs\ntherefor. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 757, \u00a7 10-211; 1987, c. 234, \u00a7 10-277.12; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}