Regulaciones sobre cargas de vehículos en carreteras

Explicación Simple

No puedes manejar un vehículo si su carga se puede caer o derramar en la carretera. Debes asegurarte de que todo esté bien sujeto para evitar peligros.

Es como cuando llevas una bandeja de comida a la mesa; si no la sostienes bien, podría caerse y hacer un desastre.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está llevando una carga de cajas en su camioneta. Si no las sujeta bien y algunas se caen en la carretera, podría recibir una multa. Si es la primera vez que le sucede, podría tener que pagar hasta $250.

Penalidades

Multas de hasta $250 por primera violación, $350 por violaciones posteriores, y hasta $1,000 si hay lesiones o muertes.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

28-1098. Vehicle loads; restrictions; exception; civil penalties A. For the purpose of highway safety or air pollution prevention, a person shall not drive or move a vehicle on a highway, street or roadway 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 the following are allowed: 1. Sufficient sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction. 2. Water or another substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway. 3. Minor pieces of agricultural materials such as leaves and stems from agricultural loads or equipment. B. A person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway, street or roadway 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, street or roadway. C. This section does not apply to a vehicle when the vehicle is being used for agricultural purposes on a farm. D. If a person is found in violation of this section and the violation: 1. Does not cause any damage or injury and is the person's: (a) First violation in a sixty-month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250. (b) Second or subsequent violation in a sixty-month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $350. 2. 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 not more than $500. 3. Results in an accident causing the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.