NOT 100 % on this but I am very very sure every jurisdiction has something similar to Vermont called "unsecured load violation",...nothing , and I mean nothing can fall or be throw off/from a vehicle/truck on a public highway.....Most states also require loads to be covered.....Hope this answers your Question......Mike former LEO.....:thumbup:
This is from the Ohio Revised Code (ACTUAL LANGUAGE)
4513.31 Securing loads on vehicles.
(A) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded, or covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand or other substance may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
(B) Except for a farm vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials or a rubbish vehicle in the process of acquiring its load, no vehicle loaded with garbage, swill, cans, bottles, waste paper, ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, glass, solid waste, or any other material of an unsanitary nature that is susceptible to blowing or bouncing from a moving vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling onto the highway.
(C) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section
4513.99 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 01-01-2004
SUMMATION OF THE 2 OHIO LAWS THAT MOST LIKELY APPLY TO THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED.
Littering from a motor vehicle
– Ohio Revised Code 4511.82
Littering from a motor vehicle is a minor
misdemeanor that can result in fines up to
$100.The driver of a motor vehicle can be
cited if a passenger litters. The driver can
also be cited if litter simply falls or blows
from the vehicle.
Unsecured load
– Ohio Revised Code 4513.31
If you haul anything in a motor vehicle, you
must make sure it stays securely attached to
the vehicle during transit. Failure to do so is
a minor misdemeanor for a first offense, a
fourth-degree misdemeanor upon the second
offense within a year, and a third-degree
misdemeanor for each additional offense.
