Re: Looking for UN number a gel cell battery

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

petem wrote:
> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le
> message de news: OnPmf.84012$ki.3292@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>petem wrote:
>>
>>>Ok I got in a argument with a road control officer about the fact that
>>>bringing back dead battery from our customer to the company site (which
>>>is in another city) could be considered as illegal transport of dangerous
>>>garbage
>>>
>>>(in fact he started it cause he could not find anything on the truck or
>>>on my case after pulling me out for no reason..)
>>>and since he didn't had the UN number of those battery he could not do a
>>>thing..
>>>
>>>now I was wondering if this number can be found somewhere and if any one
>>>would know about this?
>>>
>>>thanks
>>
>>
>>So...  This "road control officer" was going to nail you for transporting
>>a "dead battery".  What about your vehicle's battery?? It's far more
>>dangerous than a sealed lead acid unit...  As for the "UN" number...  It
>>depends on what they decide to classify the battery as:
>>
>>http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg2/en/2000/psn_b.htm
>
>
> I told the little green man the same thing about my car battery being far
> more dangerous then those battery and he told me that when my car battery
> will be dead it will be treated as a dangerous item,you know people that
> make laws are sometimes pretty incredible...
>
> About the "officer", we have here in Quebec a kind of trucker police,were
> they go after trucks and check for proper paper job and proper log book,this
> was one of those bozo's that pulled my on the side,after the whole argument
> (about half an hour) I asked him if the job was that boring...pulling Alarm
> truck for no reason..and asked him he had problem with his alarm system at
> home..(I was fishing to see if he needed a "free" job at home),and he told
> me that he had an alarm system installed by ADT 2 years ago,and was furious
> about them cause it was not working properly...
>
> maybe I was the target of his frustration toward the alarm industry..


Good thing your van didn't have an "ADT" dealer label on it...  :-)