Depositing material on roads
108 Depositing material on roads
A person must not—
without the permission of the Commissioner of Highways in writing, stack or deposit any wood, sand, stone or other material on a road, or part of a road, which is being maintained by the Commissioner; or
deposit on a road any article or material likely to damage the surface of the road or to cause damage to vehicles or injury to persons.
If any article or material falls from a vehicle onto a road, the driver of the vehicle will be taken to have deposited the article or material on the road, unless it is proved that the driver had taken reasonable precautions to prevent the article or material from falling from the vehicle.
In this section—
material includes substances of all kinds whether solid or liquid.
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