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Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Bamz(m): 5:37pm On Jun 30, 2018
So I went on Quora to ask what for the blast radius of a fuel tanker truck. The darndest response was: big enough not to be near it.

Stay safe folks.

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Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by zombieTRACKER: 5:40pm On Jun 30, 2018
Insure your car


Insure your life.... Nigeria is a death trap
Something must get you especially this buhari time

Leave something behind for your loved ones
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Constie(f): 6:06pm On Jun 30, 2018
Very good tips!
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by AmmarOscar(m): 6:09pm On Jun 30, 2018
AutoJoshNG:


This month has been a worrisome month for Nigeria, almost in all aspects. No one prays for accidents, they can occur at any time. The recent tanker mishap on Otedola bridge, was quite tragic.
Again, we don’t pray it happens again, but what if it does ?
What safety tips can we put to practice to make sure we don’t experience such occurrences .
Here are some tips you should take into consideration when a tanker is involved in an accident .

1. Assume It Is Loaded With Fuel
Once a tanker is involved in an accident, it is safe to always assume its filled with inflammable content, even if you cannot see liquid coming out .Always assume it is loaded.

2. Don’t Try To Scoop Fuel
Even if you are very fast, in scooping liquid, at most you would scoop 50 or 100 litres.Is that how much your life is worth ?.Your life can’t be bought, fuel can always be bought.

3. RUN !
Run as fast as you can away from the tanker, you don’t have to wait to confirm if its spilling any content, just run away from it.
Don’t try to take pictures or videos, don’t try to observe. Run as fast as you can, don’t look back!! A split second can save your life
Note : If you notice it is spilling its content already, run in a direction that does not have a trail/flow of the liquid. This is important, because a trail of fire, is faster than you are.

4. Leave Your Car There
Just like the above, leave your car, especially when there is traffic congestion .Leave it !, don’t try to lock it. Just run, stand at an extremely safe distance and watch your car from there .Once the road has been declared safe by the authorities, you can go back and pick your car. If it gets burnt, hustle and buy another car. Your life is worth more than all the Toyota cars ever built put together.

If you are in a public bus, do the same thing.Exit the bus and run with the instructions given above.

5. Call The Authorities
Once you are at a safe distance, contact the authorities to report the accident.You can dial 112 or 767, its free .

Our sincere condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the recent accident on Otedola bridge

Please stay safe .

By Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/5-safety-tips-you-shouldnt-ignore-when-a-tanker-is-involved-in-an-accident/

I found these tips as one of the most important things I saw on the net today. How I wish all Nigerians will heed to them. May God save us tragedy like this. Condolences to the victims' families

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Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Orpe7(m): 6:47pm On Jun 30, 2018
Imustreturn:
Will this guy agree with you? I guess u know the answer


Probably the idiot doesnt know comprehensive insurance covers it or he did 3rd party
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Orpe7(m): 6:49pm On Jun 30, 2018
Thinking of getting a Life insurance, then call .0.7.0.8.4.5.1.6.4.1.1
We at ARM LIFE PLC have policies that will suit you.
Remember getting a life insurance doesnt mean u will die tomorrow o
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Raskasal(m): 9:22pm On Jun 30, 2018
Make your call at some distance away from the incident. There could be an ignition, which is so so dangerous as well
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by bizzibodi(m): 9:46pm On Jun 30, 2018
Never assume a tanker will explode once & fizzle out,it has several compartments.
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Musa322(m): 9:47pm On Jun 30, 2018
If you say because it is a newly acquired venza or whatever, that u bought with your hard earned money, that is why u will not run for ur life,,,, then no that anything lost can be gotten back, but only LIFE can never be regain.Those that have ear let them hear.Moreover, only the stubborn fly follows the corpse to the grave...���
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Divinerose(f): 12:36am On Jul 01, 2018
'op you're not tellin no.3 to a journalist nor no.4 to a person whose car is his first son... Because no. 3 or 4 is more precious than their lives
Re: 5 Safety Tips You Shouldn’t Ignore When A Tanker Is Involved In An Accident by Billygee2u: 2:04am On Jul 01, 2018
AutoJoshNG:


This month has been a worrisome month for Nigeria, almost in all aspects. No one prays for accidents, they can occur at any time. The recent tanker mishap on Otedola bridge, was quite tragic.
Again, we don’t pray it happens again, but what if it does ?
What safety tips can we put to practice to make sure we don’t experience such occurrences .
Here are some tips you should take into consideration when a tanker is involved in an accident .

1. Assume It Is Loaded With Fuel
Once a tanker is involved in an accident, it is safe to always assume its filled with inflammable content, even if you cannot see liquid coming out .Always assume it is loaded.

2. Don’t Try To Scoop Fuel
Even if you are very fast, in scooping liquid, at most you would scoop 50 or 100 litres.Is that how much your life is worth ?.Your life can’t be bought, fuel can always be bought.

3. RUN !
Run as fast as you can away from the tanker, you don’t have to wait to confirm if its spilling any content, just run away from it.
Don’t try to take pictures or videos, don’t try to observe. Run as fast as you can, don’t look back!! A split second can save your life
Note : If you notice it is spilling its content already, run in a direction that does not have a trail/flow of the liquid. This is important, because a trail of fire, is faster than you are.

4. Leave Your Car There
Just like the above, leave your car, especially when there is traffic congestion .Leave it !, don’t try to lock it. Just run, stand at an extremely safe distance and watch your car from there .Once the road has been declared safe by the authorities, you can go back and pick your car. If it gets burnt, hustle and buy another car. Your life is worth more than all the Toyota cars ever built put together.

If you are in a public bus, do the same thing.Exit the bus and run with the instructions given above.

5. Call The Authorities
Once you are at a safe distance, contact the authorities to report the accident.You can dial 112 or 767, its free .

Our sincere condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the recent accident on Otedola bridge

Please stay safe .

By Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/5-safety-tips-you-shouldnt-ignore-when-a-tanker-is-involved-in-an-accident/

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