Newsbot Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 TT race visitors and local residents are warned about storing petrol in large quantities. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8079407.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 It's probably been in force since the year dot but WFT? So if you have a 25L jerry can (lets face it, a very common item) for your boat/lawnmower/generator/whatever you need a licence? I wonder how many are in people's sheds right now, unlicenced and dangerous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Does anyone know how many litres an average bath holds? Mine's about half full with petrol and just wondered if I need a licence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 What about central heating oil storage tanks ? What a joke has anyone ever heard of common sense or do you need to go to college to get that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 What about central heating oil storage tanks ? What a joke has anyone ever heard of common sense or do you need to go to college to get that ? Heating oil isn't petrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I remember the last petrol shortage in England, during the thatcherocracy where a guy, in Leicester, stored about 500 gallons in his cellar, in buckets! Some people are born stupid, some have stupidity thrust upon them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Surely a 25l jerrycan is safer than a 10l plastic container from a garage, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 So if I have the fuel tank for my boat full and in my garage (25L plastic tank) that's ok, but if I have my 20L metal jerry can full in my garage (as I do for my bike, my mower etc) I need a license? What a bunch of complete whoppers. As usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 just add the angle grinder into the formula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 so if u get some scrap car and just use it for keeping fuel thats ok, hmmm what ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fartypants Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Does that law only apply on the island? In the UK its 2 x 10 litre metal cans or 2 x 5 litre plastic cans for petrol. Can't quickly find any manx law links specific to this. http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=721836 http://www.fireservice.co.uk/safety/fuelstorage.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 the fuel tank on my car holds 80 litres!!! i must be breaking the law storing all that fuel in it!!!! what a load of BOLLOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 the fuel tank on my car holds 80 litres!!! i must be breaking the law storing all that fuel in it!!!! what a load of BOLLOX. id dont include that, its allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Doesn't petrol go off? Whats the storage time (roughly) for petrol to be kept in a plastic container versus metal container, with both of them kept out of the sun like in a garage or shed as suggested? Too late, here's a link instead http://www.minimotoclub.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=2213 Personally, I'm not suprised that people bring fuel across as its lots cheaper and I don't know why that is. Does anyone else? Answers appreciated as also the best funny petrol joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentbob Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 This is about transporting fuel over from the UK on the boat, and not about storing fuel at home as the useless fuckwit BBC employees have implied. Really BBC, are your reporting standards this low? The Office of Fair Trading has no juristiction in your home, they cannot dictate what you store on your property at any time. Mass storing fuel of any type would likely come under the remit of Environmental Health, or planning; maybe Health and Safety or similar, but there is more chance of the Treasury having a law to cover it than the OFT. I despair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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