CDL Practice Tests For Hazardous Materials Page 12

Route Restrictions—

Whenever placarded, avoid heavily populated areas, crowds, tunnels, narrow streets and alleys. Take other routes, even if inconvenient, unless there is no other way. Never drive a placarded vehicle near open fires unless you can safely pass without stopping.

Route Restrictions—

If transporting Division 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 (Class A or Class B) explosives, you must have a written route plan and follow that plan. Carriers prepare the route plan in advance and give the driver a copy. You may plan the route yourself if you pick up the explosives at a location other than your employer’s terminal.

Write out the plan in advance. Keep a copy of it with you while transporting the explosives. Deliver shipments of explosives only to authorized persons or leave them in locked rooms designed for explosives storage.

Route Restrictions—

If transporting Division 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 (Class A or Class B) explosives, you must have a written route plan and follow that plan. Carriers prepare the route plan in advance and give the driver a copy. You may plan the route yourself if you pick up the explosives at a location other than your employer’s terminal.

Write out the plan in advance. Keep a copy of it with you while transporting the explosives. Deliver shipments of explosives only to authorized persons or leave them in locked rooms designed for explosives storage.

A carrier must choose the safest route to transport placarded radioactive material. After choosing the route, the carrier must tell the driver about the radioactive materials and show the route plan.

No Smoking —

Do not smoke within 25 feet of a placarded cargo tank used for Class 3 (flammable liquids) or Division 2.1 (gases). Also, do not smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe within 25 feet of any vehicle that contains:

• Class 1 - Explosives
• Class 2.1 - Flammable gas
• Class 3 - Flammable liquids
• Class 4 - Flammable solids
• Class 4.2 - Spontaneously combustible
• Class 5 - Oxidizers

No Smoking —

Do not smoke within 25 feet of a placarded cargo tank used for Class 3 (flammable liquids) or Division 2.1 (gases). Also, do not smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe within 25 feet of any vehicle that contains:

• Class 1 - Explosives
• Class 2.1 - Flammable gas
• Class 3 - Flammable liquids
• Class 4 - Flammable solids
• Class 4.2 - Spontaneously combustible
• Class 5 - Oxidizers

Refuel With Engine Off —

Turn off the engine before fueling a motor vehicle containing hazardous materials. Someone must always be in attendance at the nozzle controlling fuel flow.

A10 B:C Fire Extinguisher —

The power unit of placarded vehicles must have a fire extinguisher with a UL rating of 10 B:C or more.

Check Tires—

Make sure your tires are properly inflated. Check placarded vehicles with dual tires at the start of each trip and whenever the vehicle is stopped, other than when at a traffic control device. You must examine each tire at the beginning of each trip and each time the vehicle is parked. The only acceptable way to check tire pressure is to use a tire pressure gauge.

Do not drive with a tire that is leaking or flat except to the nearest safe place to repair it. Remove any overheated tire and place it at a safe distance from your vehicle. Do not drive until you correct the cause of the overheating. Follow all rules about parking and attending placarded vehicles when checking, repairing or replacing tires.

Displaying Shipping Papers and Emergency Response Information —

Do not accept a hazardous materials shipment without a properly prepared shipping paper. A shipping paper for hazardous material must always be easily recognized. Other people must be able to find it quickly after an accident.