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Well I have caused a fuss.

Now about this gear, none of it was mine, it belonged to the club and
members, of a chap in my office.

My car has no stickers of any kind at all, and it regularly carries 2-4
cylinders, I have heard stories of cylinders, damaged in collisions flipping
cars over, most probably untrue, but none regarding fire, perhaps that is
because fire is thankfully rare.

If a fire were to occur in the engine compartment you would have time to get
the cylinders out of the boot, or run a considerable distance, before it got
to the cylinders. 

If you were involved in a big pile up, the cylinder sticker would give you
no protection, the trick must be to avoid such incidents. 

Or if you want to put a sticker on your car, how about one deliberatly
intended to frighten "HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE CARGO - KEEP WELL CLEAR"
who knows it might even keep the thieves away.

A good number of people go shooting at weekends, and legally carry shotguns
and cartridges, but have you ever seen a sticker that sugested the car might
be carrying such items, I haven't. Now if one of their cars caught fire
surely the problem would be similar. I bet the police activly discourage
such advertising.

David Hallsworth

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