Soda now classified as Hazardous Material?

[SteveOFD 176]

While driving on I287 this week I took this picture of something which I had never seen before. A soda truck displaying a DOT HazMat placard.

One of the reasons I can think of for this scenario is that the truck was carrying more than 1,001 pounds of possibly carbon dioxide gas for a soda dispenser at a bar or restaurant.

While speaking about hazmat, here is a useful link regarding DOT placard requirements http://www.phmsa.dot...ng/Chart 14.pdf.

Another informative DOT link is at http://www.phe.gov/e...es/default.aspx.

And lastly here is the link for the online 2012 Emergency Response Guide http://phmsa.dot.gov...mat/ERG2012.pdf.

Edited December 2, 2012 by SteveOFD

[PCFD ENG58 1,085]

You answered your own question Steve !

[WAS967 97]

You would be correct. 1013 is for carbon dioxide. http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/unna/1013

[lad45der 78]

I still can't understand why I drink coke and clean my battery cables with it????

Maybe i will just drink more beer!!

[x129K 1,393]

Mmmmmmmmmmm........................BEER

[CFFD117 19]

I do recall hearing sometime ago that the trucks carrying the syrup for Coca Cola have to be placarded with a corrosive liquid placard. Given all the acids listed on the back of the can it doesn't really surprise me.

[MoFire390 118]

The truck may have been carrying CO2 canisters for bars, resturants. You never know now a days. I remember a lot of talk during my FF1 class about UPS, FedEx and DHL trucks being the worse trucks to catch fire due to not knowing what's on them. Because as we all know people ship some funky stuff now a days.