Re: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Placarding Article

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 9/3/2003 3:45:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, 

obbugg@dmvs.ga.gov writes:

"But the Department of Homeland Security needs to more carefully understand 

the risk to the public and emergency responders that will surely accompany 

eliminating these hazard placards." 

To me, this is just another example of bureaucracy gone wild.  Let's look at 

the number of terrorist incidents that have occurred involving hazardous 

shipments in the U.S., and the number of deaths they've caused over the last 40 

years...oh, NONE!



Now, look at the number of hazardous materials transportation accidents that 

have occurred just between 1993 and 2000...oh, that would be 104,516 (see:  

http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/summary/2000/brindex2000.htm), with 198 fatalities 

due TO the hazadous materials.  



Barbara