Arizona: Department of Public Safety, Phoenix, AZ. 602-223-2000.
28-1098. Vehicle loads; restrictions; civil penalties
- A person shall not drive or move a vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded in a manner to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping from the vehicle, except that either:
- Sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction.
- Water or another substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
- A person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway with a load unless the load and any covering on the load are securely fastened in a manner to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
- If a person is found in violation of this section and the violation:
- Does not cause any damage or injury and is the person's:
- First violation in a sixty month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to two hundred fifty dollars.
- Second or subsequent violation in a sixty month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to three hundred fifty dollars.
- Results in an accident causing serious physical injury as defined in section 13-105 to another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars.
- Results in an accident causing the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars.