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CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED
No vehicle or object, which injures or is likely to injure the surface of a street shall be driven or moved on any street.
(Prior Code, § 15-401) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) No person shall drive any vehicle in such condition, so constructed, or so loaded as to cause delay or be likely to cause delay in traffic, or as to constitute a hazard to persons or property, except by permit issued by the town and in accordance with the terms of such permit.
(B) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, blowing, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(C) No person shall operate on any street any vehicle with any load unless the 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. Any vehicle loaded with sand, cinders, or other loose materials susceptible to blowing or escaping by reason of wind shall have such load covered or dampened so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of the load from the vehicle.
(D) This section shall not apply to trucks loaded with livestock, poultry, or agricultural products only, except baled agricultural products; however, any such trucks shall be so constructed or loaded as to prevent such livestock or poultry from escaping therefrom.
(Prior Code, § 15-402) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) No person shall do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this traffic code.
(B) No parent of a child or the guardian of a ward shall authorize any child or ward to violate any provisions of this traffic code.
(C) No person shall authorize or knowingly permit any vehicle registered in his or her name to be driven, or to stand, or to be parked in violation of any provisions of this traffic code.
(D) Any person who violates any provision of this traffic code, or performs any unlawful act as defined in this traffic code, or fails to perform any act required in this traffic code is guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in § 10.99.
(Prior Code, § 15-1801)