I have just had a brief conversation with another driver who reckons that if you are carrying dangerous goods you are able to park up on a military site, eg army barracks, I have heard this once before but wondered if anyone actually knew about this and if it was fact or not!
Some of the stuff I carry has to be parked overnight off the road and in a safe/secure area (usually our yard or the location we tip).
Just wondering about the truth in this as it would help to have another option where I dont have to get my bankcard out to pay to stop overnight!
andi_cardiff:
I have just had a brief conversation with another driver who reckons that if you are carrying dangerous goods you are able to park up on a military site, eg army barracks, I have heard this once before but wondered if anyone actually knew about this and if it was fact or not!
Some of the stuff I carry has to be parked overnight off the road and in a safe/secure area (usually our yard or the location we tip).
Just wondering about the truth in this as it would help to have another option where I dont have to get my bankcard out to pay to stop overnight!
Cheers!
I am sure you could if prior arrangement had been made, but just turning up at the guardroom with a load of toxic or explosives may get you into a bit of bother
I have heard this before and we did used to park in Dreghorn Barracks with Aston Martin, Maserati and Ferrari, but only because the car salesmen used to meet us there until the new showrooms were finished.
andi_cardiff:
I have just had a brief conversation with another driver who reckons that if you are carrying dangerous goods you are able to park up on a military site, eg army barracks, I have heard this once before but wondered if anyone actually knew about this and if it was fact or not!
Some of the stuff I carry has to be parked overnight off the road and in a safe/secure area (usually our yard or the location we tip).
Just wondering about the truth in this as it would help to have another option where I dont have to get my bankcard out to pay to stop overnight!
Cheers!
Hi andi_cardiff,
Sorry mate, it’s MMTM.
What he’s (mis)heard is to do with delivering explosives to one of a number of possible “qualifying premises” [Eg. premises under the control of the Secretary of State for Defence] but only when the load is for onward despatch or there is a compelling reason (in a certain set of circumstances) for the consignee not to accept normal delivery.
There’s no mention of parking, or ‘normal’ dangerous goods.
Can anyone answer to what happens if you get a wheel clamp at the msa,with a load of adr on,if there was a fire/chemical leak/gas escape,i doubt the fire officer would not be pleased if the truck was immobised.
I think ( if i remember right from my ADR course ) it is against the law to clamp a vehicle with ADR on it, pretty sure anyone who did would get a right bollocking.
driverjohn:
I think ( if i remember right from my ADR course ) it is against the law to clamp a vehicle with ADR on it, pretty sure anyone who did would get a right bollocking.
John.
Hi John,
IF there is such a requirement, I’ve not seen it in ADR.
I have and use four currently approved ADR courses, but there’s no mention of a clamp in any of them, nor is a clamp mentioned in the ADR teaching syllabus.
If an officer thought it necessary to apply a clamp to a vehicle carrying dangerous goods, I’m pretty sure he’d take all the circumstances into account.
driverjohn:
I think ( if i remember right from my ADR course ) it is against the law to clamp a vehicle with ADR on it, pretty sure anyone who did would get a right bollocking.
John.
Hi John,
IF there is such a requirement, I’ve not seen it in ADR.
I have and use four currently approved ADR courses, but there’s no mention of a clamp in any of them, nor is a clamp mentioned in the ADR teaching syllabus.
If an officer thought it necessary to apply a clamp to a vehicle carrying dangerous goods, I’m pretty sure he’d take all the circumstances into account.
Hi Dave,
You are right, i think that it was just general conversation during the course and not actually a part that we were taught, ( wires crossed in my brain i guess!! ).
And what is this secret site by the M4,a missile storage area,ammunitions dump,it is the long slip road with the barrier,on the left heading east bound?
toby1234abc:
And what is this secret site by the M4,a missile storage area,ammunitions dump,it is the long slip road with the barrier,on the left heading east bound?
i have asked a vosa man this in stafford weighbridge what to do when a clamped adr verhicle
catches fire.and im parked next to it also clamped.answer no answer
dutchie64:
i have asked a vosa man this in stafford weighbridge what to do when a clamped adr verhicle
catches fire.and im parked next to it also clamped.answer no answer
When i was with the rlc ta i was able to use my mod 90 to park on camps over night when i was carrying adr and use the benefit of the cookhouse onthe camp for cheap breakfast lol what a shame i packed it in
dutchie64:
i have asked a vosa man this in stafford weighbridge what to do when a clamped adr verhicle
catches fire.and im parked next to it also clamped.answer no answer
run away
oke true but dont we learn at our adr course to park save?but in this case this gets
overrulled by the mighty vosa
army2483:
When i was with the rlc ta i was able to use my mod 90 to park on camps over night when i was carrying adr and use the benefit of the cookhouse onthe camp for cheap breakfast lol what a shame i packed it in
The best thing about my old mod 90 was being able to get onto RAF camps, proper scoff!!!
Interesting site that - very handy for any budding terrorist…
I have always been intrigued by the Fosseway. I have driven along parts of it at various times over the best part of 50 years. For the most part it is quite unimproved and a minor road (B4455), in fact it was, in my youth an unclassified road; many of the crossroads are staggered too. The interesting thing is that it always seems to be kept in tip top condition; road surface, sineage and verges all kept maintained to what I think is more than any similar road.
dutchie64:
i have asked a vosa man this in stafford weighbridge what to do when a clamped adr verhicle
catches fire.and im parked next to it also clamped.answer no answer
) it is against the law to clamp a vehicle with ADR on it, pretty sure anyone who did would get a right bollocking.
