Other day while going to airport this tanker carrying UN 1824 SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION, was ahead of my taxi. One doesn’t need to scrutinize much for the correctness of EMERGENCY INFORMATION PANEL as required by India’s Central Motor Vehicle Rules, (CMVR) 1989, almost half of the class 8 placard is not visible.

What are the requirements for EMERGENCY INFORMATION PANEL for vehicles carrying dangerous goods on Roads?

Rule no. 134 of CMVR India, states

(1) Every goods carriage used for transporting any dangerous or hazardous goods shall be legibly and conspicuously marked with an emergency information panel … and shall contain the following information, namely: —

(ii) the correct technical name of the dangerous or hazardous goods in letters not less than 50 millimeters high;

(i) the United Nations class number for the dangerous or hazardous goods in numerals not less than 100 millimeters high;

(iii) the class label of the dangerous or hazardous goods of the size of not less than 250 millimeters square;

iv) the name and telephone number of the emergency services to be contacted in the event of fire or any other accident in letters and numerals that are not less than 50 millimeters high and the name and telephone number of the consignor of the dangerous or hazardous goods or of some other person from whom expert information and advice can be obtained concerning the measures that should be taken in the event of an emergency involving such goods.

Below examples taken from Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road & Rail, Edition 7.4

 

By shashi kallada

25 years in Merchant Shipping, Last 13 years working on Packaged Dangerous Goods Sailor, Ex Manager Global Dangerous Goods Maersk Line * Freelance Photographer *Amateur Cyclist

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