Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 at 00:20
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the primary concern is fuel spillage.
In the eyes of the safety professionals and the regulators any sort of fuel spillage is a major
hazard in its self.
If that fuel is spilled on or into a vehicle, it makes that spill very much harder to deal with....regardless of the fuel type.
It is quite concieveable that if a significant quantity of fuel was spilled into or onto a vehicle.....the fuel station operator may feel obloged to declare that vacinity of the vehicle a dangerous situation, stop all products, evacuate the area, close down the fuel station and not allow the vehicle to be moved untill the fuel spill has been handled and declared safe by someone qualified to do so...meaning a fire brigade call.
This small spill may end up costing all parties in the thousands of dollars once emergency service attendance, clean up and loss of trade is accounted for.
A small fuel spill on the ground may be handled with the fuel spill kit all petrol stations now have on hand or by other simple means.
Besides when filling on the ground a spill is less likely.
Static and potential ignition is a secondary
hazard....which again is made worse when the spill is in or on a vehicle...because the vehicle presents multiple potential sources of ignition.
NOW remember...if the regulators have made a ruling on the matter and the fuel companies have made their polocy clear and they have made reasonable attempts to prevent people from attempting non compliant filling.
Should the spill occur and the senario outlined above play out...the whole thing will be placed in the hands of the fuel stations insurer....who will no doubt seek reimbursement of their costs from the offender.....that is you.
that will certainly be way more than the fine levied by the government.
So..are you feeling lucky.
cheers
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