(A) 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 material 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 punished pursuant to § 133.99.
(B) 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.
(1998 Code, § 38-123) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-324