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Originally Posted by Derek
Not unless they've made it an offence in the last couple of days without telling anyone. 
http://local.stv.tv/cumbernauld/news...of-and-bonnet/
So as with most things its not a specific offence but if you extract the urine you can be dealt with in a suitable manner.  |
AFAIK the law stems from unsafe loading (like if you drove around in the summer with a pile of sand on your roof) or having an unsafe vehicle (like if you had a roof panel unsecured which flew off)
The police know they can't stop and prosecute everyone so prefer going down the awareness route or failing that, the attitude test route.
It is dangerous though. I saw an artic going round a roundabout and the snow and ice slid off onto the car in the next lane. It made a sizeable donk so there was obviously ice there. The car didn't seem too afected but if it was a (motor-)cyclist then the result could have been more severe.