Thread: Transport of Dangerous Goods

Fair point regarding inconsistency, cf petrol and LPG etc. I recall @gundoc did some court testimony regarding relative dangerousness of smokeless powders in domestic storage - the liquids often stored in households were much more dangerous.

I wonder, what is the objective (rather than emotional!) basis for labelling substances Class 1? A box of rifle cartridges is much less hazardous than a gallon of petrol. Reminds me of Matt Damon getting flak for making a fair point - expending all that #me too venom on a certain film maker for being sexually prolific with his actresses, while not condoning it, leaves us a problem as we have no extra offendedness reserved for when people do something much worse...

I mean, to set off ammo you need a lot of force / heat, and smokeless powder on its own is pretty safe. Maybe push to have such substances relegated to class 2 or 3 or whatever, and keep black powder (and petrol!) in Class 1 category.