It's a Team's Life Why does it matter?

chillout

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Removing all of the placards after a hazmat load can be really difficult to do but there is a reason and maybe a different reason then you would first think.

Leaving part of a hazmat placard on the truck or trailer could have devastating results. Let's play the what if game and say we are going through a scale and the officers miss the partial stickers and let you go that is not a big deal. Let's say we load a not hazmat load with these partial stickers on the truck and the shipper could care less and off we go. So back to the what if game and less say we have an accident or we are close to an accident with a lot of smoke. The emergency crew comes running up and all they see is the corner of a hazmat sign. Their first reaction will be to retreat till they find out what kind of hazmat they are dealing with as you watch your truck burn to the ground. These unintended consequences could have devastating results.

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