TITLE 21

Motor Vehicles

Operation and Equipment

CHAPTER 43. Equipment and Construction of Vehicles

Subchapter IV. Special Provisions

§ 4371. Construction of vehicles to prevent escape of contents; penalty.

(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless it is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.

(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall for the first offense be fined not less than $10 nor more than $28.75. For each subsequent like offense, the person shall be fined not less than $28.75 nor more than $100.

36 Del. Laws, c. 10, §§  127, 14137 Del. Laws, c. 10, §  34;  Code 1935, §§  5665, 5679;  21 Del. C. 1953, §  4371;  65 Del. Laws, c. 503, §  2568 Del. Laws, c. 9, §  4770 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1

§ 4372. Transportation of meat scrap, bones; penalty.

Whoever transports upon a public highway any meat scrap, waste, bones or waste animal matter, except inside a vehicle having a closed body, the doors of which are kept securely fastened while the vehicle is moving on the highway, shall be fined not more than $115, or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.

48 Del. Laws, c. 120, §§  1, 2;  21 Del. C. 1953, §  4372;  68 Del. Laws, c. 9, §  48

§ 4373. Unlawful display of club insignia; penalty.

(a) No person who is not a member of the Delaware Automobile Association shall exhibit or display within this State any membership card, sign, token or other insignia of the Association, with intent to make it appear that the person is a member of the Delaware Automobile Association or entitled to any of the benefits or advantages resulting from membership therein.

(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than $57.50.

Code 1915, §  3486A;  31 Del. Laws, c. 55;  Code 1935, §  3962;  21 Del. C. 1953, §  4374;  68 Del. Laws, c. 9, §  4970 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1

§ 4374. Equipment required on motor vehicles transporting railroad employees; penalty.

(a) Every motor vehicle provided by a railroad company and used to transport employees shall be equipped with adequate seating facilities, heating facilities and facilities for communication between occupants of the front seat of the vehicle and the occupants in the rear compartment of the vehicle. This requirement shall not apply to motor vehicles used to transport employees distances of less than 5 miles from their regular assembly point nor in cases of extreme emergency.

(b) If any dispute arises as to the adequacy of the facilities provided for in this section, it shall be submitted to and decided by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.

(c) The Department may rescind, cancel or suspend the registration of any motor vehicle described in subsection (a) of this section and may rescind, cancel, suspend or take possession of the current registration plates of any such motor vehicle which is determined by the Department to be not equipped as required by this section.

60 Del. Laws, c. 653, §  1