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Are they confusing compressed air with compressed O2??
In the U.S. it is not a problem for anyone to put a cylinder of compressed
oxygen in a car and transport it (other than the norma common sense things
like not having the cylinder in the trunk of a car on a hot day). I suppose
that the U.S. Department Of Transportation (USDOT) would have something to
say about that as when cylinders a transported commercially there needs to be
some indication as to cylinder content (usually cylinder color and vehicle
markings). It is probably a matter of time (IMHO) before the USDOT gets
involved in the everyday transportation of compressed air as more people
learn SCUBA and some (inevitable) mishaps occure. Comments anyone?
Steve Hogan
Steve_Hogan@qm*.sp*.tr*.co*
NASDS AOW 38166
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Date: 6/3/94 12:32 PM
To: Hogan, Steve
From: dg78@hr*.th*.de*
Transport regulations for diving tanks
Here in Germany there are some bureaucrats running amuck in setting up
regulations for the
transport of diving tanks in street traffic. Besides common sense (preventing
from rolling around)
there are further requirements like a special sticker attached to every tank
with the contents
and weight of the tank written on it, a special protecting device for the
cylinder valves.
There are some other, rather odd, requirements like adequate ventilation of
the trunk
(for air bottles??), no smoking during transport and loading operations(the
dangers of smoking
are certainly elsewhere), a special transportation form with certain
informations concerning
load and way of transportation mentionend.
At the moment there are not many people using gases other than air, otherwise
our dear bureaucrats
would have a new serious problem.
How is the situation in other countries?
Juergen
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Schlossgartenstr. 1, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
Tel: [49](0)6151/781555;
621/301602
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