Littering from a vehicle — Minnesota Permit Test

Littering from a vehicle on the Minnesota permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

It is illegal to throw items from your vehicle onto streets, roads, or public or private land.

Whatever leaves the window lands where somebody else has to drive, walk or work.

It is illegal to throw items from your vehicle onto streets, roads, and public or private land.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.39

The litter law covers cigarettes, glass, nails, snow, ice and garbage among other things.

A nail or a sheet of ice off a roof is a crash rather than a mess.

Do not throw, leave, place or dump any items, including: cigarettes, fireworks, debris, snow, ice, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, garbage, papers, ashes, refuse, carcasses, offal, trash or rubbish.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.39

Snow and ice count as litter when thrown or dumped from a vehicle onto a road.

A shovelful of ice on the pavement is a hard lump in somebody else’s lane.

including: cigarettes, fireworks, debris, snow, ice, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, garbage, papers, ashes, refuse, carcasses, offal, trash or rubbish.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.39

On the test

What does Minnesota say about throwing things from a vehicle?

It is illegal anywhere in the state. Whatever leaves the window lands where somebody else has to drive, walk or work. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.39: “It is illegal to throw items from your vehicle onto streets, roads, and public or private land.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.