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As a hazmat driver; I knew friends that died handling and transporting explosivesCriminal organizations use all three major carriers with nary an issue. F 'em.
Live free or die.
And paying the tax had what impact on your friends deaths?As a hazmat driver; I knew friends that died handling and transporting explosives
Knowing what you have in your cargo hold and communicating the risk you are taking to others is essential for safety. Taxes pay regulators to regulate commercial traffic. To not communicate the risk a commercial driver is taking puts the public at even more risk. Imagine how much more risk the driver and the general public are put in because there are boxes of explosives placed next to poison gas or other hazmat that have the potential to become an even worse disaster simply because no one communicated the risk of what is in the boxAnd paying the tax had what impact on your friends deaths?
Don't you think that illicit substances being trafficked by organized crime cause more deaths in the population than accidents involving HAZMAT?
Anyhow, I do not have a problem with HAZMAT fees and taxes so much as I have a problem with differential enforcement and hypocrisy. Trust that if I ever ship hazardous materials, the letter of the law will be obeyed, though it's been quite easy to avoid altogether considering I do not ship HAZMAT for work or ship ammo or components when selling said items.
Sorry for your loss, btw.
All you gotta do is proclaim you're a sovereign citizen and them road pirates will leave you alone.HAZMAT RULES AND REGULATIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED WHEN SHIPPING POWDER OR PRIMERS.
shipping definition: the transport of goods by sea or some other means.
So if I'm driving from the store with cartridges, primers or powder by definition am I shipping hazmat material?
A lower number of "regulated hazmat shipping related accidents" vs "accidents associated with unregulated illicit traffic of substances" be because following safety procedures and communication of risk created conditions of fewer deaths?Don't you think that illicit substances being trafficked by organized crime cause more deaths in the population than accidents involving HAZMAT?
Makes sense. I suppose more people could be injured or killed in the event materials are not properly marked. Firefighters for example.Knowing what you have in your cargo hold and communicating the risk you are taking to others is essential for safety. Taxes pay regulators to regulate commercial traffic. To not communicate the risk a commercial driver is taking puts the public at even more risk. Imagine how much more risk the driver and the general public are put in because there are boxes of explosives placed next to poison gas or other hazmat that have the potential to become an even worse disaster simply because no one communicated the risk of what is in the box
Also Powder should be shipped, Ground Only.I have HAZMAT training through work, and sure wouldn't want to be caught skirting the rules. They take that stuff seriously.
I was looking through Gunbroker listings a couple days ago, and saw one for a mixed lot of reloading gear, including various primers and powders, even a can of black powder. Shipping was cheap, and the shipping method listed was "Priority Mail". It looked for all the world that he's planning on just stuffing all that stuff together in a flat-rate box and taking it to the post office. Wow.
I doubt there's any concern though. The price was insanely high so I can't imagine it ever selling.
Criminal organizations use all three major carriers with nary an issue. F 'em.
Live free or die.
Shipping was cheap, and the shipping method listed was "Priority Mail"