§ 113-29. Transportation of explosives.

A. 

Explosives shall not be transported on public conveyances.

B. 

Vehicles used for transporting explosives shall be strong enough to carry the load without difficulty and shall be in good mechanical condition. If vehicles do not have a closed body, the body shall be covered with a flameproof and moistureproof tarpaulin or other effective protection against moisture and sparks. Such vehicle shall have tight floors and exposed spark-producing metal or the inside of the body shall be covered with wood or other nonsparking material to prevent contact with packages of explosives. Packages of explosives shall not be loaded above the sides of open-body vehicles.

C. 

The attachment of any type of trailer behind a truck, a tractor-semi-trailer or truck-full-trailer combination transporting explosives is prohibited. Explosives shall not be transported on any pole trailer.

D. 

Every vehicle when used for transporting explosives shall be equipped with not less than one approved-type fire extinguisher, suitable for use on flammable liquid fires filled and ready for immediate use and located near the driver's seat.

E. 

Only those dangerous articles authorized to be loaded with explosives by Interstate Commerce Commission regulations shall be carried in the body of a vehicle transporting explosives.

F. 

Every vehicle transporting explosives shall be marked or placarded on both sides, front and rear with the word "Explosives" in letters not less than three inches high on contrasting background.

G. 

Blasting caps or electric blasting caps shall not be transported over the highways of the municipality on the same vehicle with other explosives, except by permission of the Chief of the Fire Department.

H. 

Vehicles transporting explosives shall not be left unattended at any time within the municipality.

I. 

Vehicles transporting explosives shall be routed to avoid congested traffic and densely populated areas.