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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1111" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not drop, throw, or place on a highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle on the highway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any person who drops, throws, or places or permits to be dropped, thrown, or placed on a highway any destructive, hazardous, or injurious material immediately shall remove it or cause it to be removed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway also shall remove from the highway any glass or other injurious substance dropped from the vehicle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person may not throw, dump, discharge, or deposit any trash, junk, or other refuse on any highway or public bridge or in any public waters.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The owner of the vehicle, if present in the vehicle, or, in his absence, the driver of the vehicle is presumed to be responsible for any violation of this section, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The violation is caused by an occupant of the vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The vehicle has two or more occupants; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>It cannot be determined which occupant is the violator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A violation of this section is considered a moving violation for purposes of § 16-402 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
