At 09:51 10/19/2000, Jay L Snyder wrote:
>Does this difference (DOT vs. ASME) mean I can legally go through tunnels
>that have the  propane bottles marked as a "HAZMAT"?  I have gone through
>the Baltimore Harbor tunnels many times.  Do they mean loose bottles like
>BBQ tanks hung on trailers?  What about Coleman bottles?

Nope.  As I recall I checked with Bull'mer and they don't even want you to
take a butane lighter through their tunnel, let alone a <gasp> propane
torch.  Geo. Washington bridge, OTOH, allows X pounds in tanks no bigger
than Y, I think, possibly permanently mounted.

Permanently mounted is a tipoff to ASME tanks, since you can't permanently
mount a BBQ tank, it seems to me.  But regardless, if a bridge or tunnel
authority makes an exception for something like that it will say so in
their regulations.  AAA has copies of them IIRC.

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