A 2-minute lesson from the Mississippi course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Keep Mississippi beautiful. Tossing trash from a vehicle is illegal, and the driver or owner can be held responsible for what comes out of the car. It's easy to prevent: keep a trash bag in your vehicle and dispose of trash responsibly.
Know the rule
Never toss litter from your vehicle, let trash blow out of it, or dump garbage on the roadside.
It's unlawful to throw, scatter, spill or place solid waste, or to cause solid waste to be thrown, scattered, spilled or placed, in any of the places below.
Your passenger tosses a fast-food bag out the window on the highway. You, as the driver, and the car's owner can both be held in violation. Keep a trash bag in the car and dispose of it properly later.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Who can be held responsible when solid waste is thrown from a moving vehicle onto a Mississippi highway?
The operator or owner of the vehicle, or both
No one, unless an officer witnesses it
Only the passenger who threw it
Only the registered owner, never the driver
Answer: The operator or owner of the vehicle, or both
The operator or owner of the vehicle, or both, are deemed in violation when waste is thrown from it.
Placing solid waste on private property is legal only with the owner's prior written consent, if it creates no public nuisance and breaks no other law.
True
False
Answer: True
Solid waste on private property is unlawful unless the owner gave prior written consent and it won't cause a nuisance or violate another law.