Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:290 – Driving across ditches; requirements
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:290
- Operator: means every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front steering axle and one rear or load carrying axle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
No operator of any truck, tractor, bus, haywagon, or other heavy vehicle shall drive it across any ditch along the highways of this state without first constructing, at his own expense, a bridge over a ditch in such a way as not to in any way retard the drainage.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.