Smoking While Carrying A Flammable Load

Non-issue.

 

ok...truck moving forward....wind blowing things BACK...closed up trailer, separated by the space between tractor and trailer, with wind blowing "fumes" back.....even when stopped at a red light, stop sign, are those fumes going to travel that fast to the cab of the truck..??

HHmmm.....let me on this.....

 

just dont throw your butts out the window--haz or not
might be pretty embarresing when the butt goes in the vent

 

Not an issue with a cigarette, but did see a driver get out of his truck and move a road flare a cop laid beside his gasoline tanker to direct traffic because of a crash.

 

I had stopped at a semi trailer on fire and was helping direct traffic when I saw a few tankers pull off on the shoulder. The state trooper asked me why they were stopping and I said that it wasn't safe for them to pass a fire like that.

 

Yes .

 

Yes , but it is illegal. no smoking within 25 ft.

 

there is a rule about how close you can be with a smoke going when your in charge of the load & sitting in the cab is too close, but still a non issue as others have pointed out. I used to smoke & hauled gas then but I still smoked while driving. I know someone will probably say "post rule" I will when I find it, But I don't feel like looking right now.

EDIT: Found it quicker than I thought I would!
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§ 397.13Smoking.
No person may smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe on or within 25 feet of'
(a) A motor vehicle which contains Class 1 materials, Class 5 materials, or flammable materials classified as Division 2.1, Class 3, Divisions 4.1 and 4.2; or
(b) An empty tank motor vehicle which has been used to transport Class 3, flammable materials, or Division 2.1 flammable gases, which when so used, was required to be marked or placarded in accordance with the rules in §177.823 of this title.