It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.

55-8-170. Putting glass, nails and other substances on highway prohibited – Penalty.

(a) No person shall throw 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 such highway.

(b) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(c) 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.

(d) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

It is illegal to string a wire across any road.

It is illegal to pour salt on a highway.

It is illegal to place a container filled with human fecal matter on the side of any highway.

No vehicle will be used as a picnic facility, which means no standing or sitting and eating or drinking on any street or highway.

One may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway.

One Response to “It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.”

Comment from Nik
Time September 15, 2011 at 8:00 am

I don’t think this is stupid. From time to time, vandals have intentionally scattered roofing tacks, sheet metal screws and even caltrops on public streets with the intention of damaging tires. OF you have ever lost a set of Z rated tires to multiple punctures from these you can understand.