(A) Any person operating any vehicle transporting explosives upon a street or highway shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
(1) Such vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and on the rear with the word "EXPLOSIVES" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than 24 inches square marked with the word "DANGER" in white letters six inches high, or shall be marked or placarded in accordance with § 177.823 of the United States Department of Transportation Regulations.
(2) Such vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on such vehicle.
(R.C. § 4513.29)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.99)
(C) Every vehicle while carrying explosives upon the public highway shall display upon an erect pole at the front end of such vehicle and at such height that it shall be visible from all directions, a red flag with the word “Danger” printed, stamped or sewed thereon, in white letters at least three inches in height, or in lieu of such flag the words "Explosives, Dangerous", must be painted or attached to the ends and each side of such vehicle in white letters on proper background at least three inches in height, or such vehicle shall be marked or placarded in accordance with § 177.823 of the United States Department of Transportation Regulations. No person in charge of a vehicle containing explosives shall:
(1) Smoke in, upon or near such vehicle;
(2) Drive the vehicle while intoxicated;
(3) Drive the vehicle in a careless or reckless manner;
(4) Load or unload such vehicle in a reckless manner;
(5) Make unnecessary stops.
(D) No person shall place or carry or cause to be placed or carried any metal tool or other similar piece of metal in the bed or body of the vehicle containing explosives, unless contained in a box or other container approved by the Department of Industrial Relations. No person shall place or carry, or cause to be placed or carried, in the bed or body of a vehicle containing explosives, any exploders, detonators, blasting caps or other similar explosive material, or carry in or upon such vehicle any matches or any other flame-producing device. This section does not prohibit the transportation of explosives in motor vehicles.
('80 Code, § 339.06) (Ord. 35-74, passed 7-1-74) Penalty, see § 70.99