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Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1110: Destructive or injurious items on highways

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  2. Title 47

A. No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass

bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substances

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.

1. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a

highway, highway right-of-way or any other location as the result of

an accident shall remove any glass or other injurious substance

dropped upon the highway or highway right-of-way or other location

from such vehicle. The owner or insurer of the owner of the vehicle

if the owner's insurance policy provides coverage for such expense,

shall be responsible for the cost of removal of the vehicle and the

glass or other injurious substance and any vehicle storage fees.

The cost of the removal of the vehicle and any storage fees shall be

the same as established by the Corporation Commission for

nonconsensual tows.

2. Truck-tractors carrying cargo on the roadways of this state

shall maintain a commercial auto, farm and ranch, inland marine or

cargo liability insurance policy that covers the costs of cleanup of

any substance that is spilled or otherwise deposited on the roadway

or right-of-way in violation of this section.

C. No person shall throw any substance at a standing vehicle or

any occupant thereof, nor shall any person throw any substance at a

person on or adjacent to a highway.

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