Cargo Loading and Securement - Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, no person may drive or move a motor vehicle on any public highway, nor may the owner or bailee of a vehicle require or permit a vehicle to be driven or moved on a public highway:

• Unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping; and

• If the vehicle is loaded with sand, gravel, loam, dirt, stone, rubbish, or debris that could fall on other vehicles or on the highway and create litter or potential hazards to other vehicles, the load must be fully and adequately covered.

This requirement does not apply to:

Related Information

• Cargo securement exExplanation

Citations

• Code of Alabama §32-5-76
• Federal regulation 49 CFR 393, Subpart I