(A) Prevent load from dropping. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, 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 the roadway.
(B) Fastening load. No person shall operate on any highway 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 material susceptible to blowing or escaping by reason of wind shall have the load covered or dampened so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of the load from the vehicle.
(C) Exceptions. This section not shall apply to trucks loaded with livestock, poultry or agricultural products only, except baled agricultural products; provided, that any such truck shall be so constructed or loaded as to prevent such livestock or poultry from escaping therefrom.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-32) Penalty, see § 70.99