Vermont § 1126 - Putting glass, other items, on highway prohibited
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1126 — Putting glass, other items, on highway prohibited, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1126. Putting glass, other items, on highway prohibited
- (a) No person shall drop or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks,
wire, cans, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle
upon the highway. (b) A person shall immediately remove or cause to be removed any destructive or injurious
material that he or she drops or deposits, or permits to be dropped or deposited,
upon any highway. (c) If the throwing or depositing was done from a motor vehicle, except a motor bus or
a bus transporting schoolchildren, it is prima facie evidence that the throwing or
depositing was done by the operator of the motor vehicle. (d) A person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass
or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from the vehicle. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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