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To: Steve
To: Hogan <Steve_Hogan@qm*.nb*.TR*.CO*>
Subject: Re: dive tank transport regu
From: John HC <jhc@wo*.st*.co*>
Cc: techdiver <techdiver@opal.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 21:12:00 -0400 (EDT)

FWIW, this morning as I drove to work with six freshly filled tanks in 
the back of my Honda Civic, I turned onto a ramp off the Interstate and 
sent a steel 95 skidding through the slot between twinned AL80s.

It punched a hole in the plastic shell providing the illusion that there 
is any substance between the inside of the car and the outside of the car.

This is the stuff of nightmares for one of my friends. What it told me 
was that I really need to come up with some kind of stabilizing device 
for a Honda Civic that frequently holds as many as 8 full tanks. The next 
tank that slides so dramatically won't have a plastic shell to soften the 
impact.

I can see why bureaucrats could be made sensitive to the issue of tank 
transport. We (divers) are mostly just carrying air. I suspect others 
carry much less benign gases on a regular basis.

John H-C

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