garnerlives:
If you carry over 8tonnes of lq goods you must show your orange plates, I believe, however it doesn’t trigger full adr as you are carrying LQ.
Spot-on Jon.
garnerlives:
All the vehicle would require is a 2kg minimum fire extinguisher as it is carrying some dangerous goods
Sorry Jon, wrong this time.
You forgot to keep LQs separate from ‘carriage below ADR threshold.’
No amount of LQs triggers a fire-extinguisher requirement.
If you remember my slideshow, the fire-extinguisher requirement is in another chapter of ADR, which the section about LQs says: “doesn’t apply.”
skids:
If your firm are carrying adr on a regular basis then should they not be employing a DGSA (dangerous goods safety advisor)?
Hi skids,
Yes mate, you’re spot-on.
It’s an offence under CDG 2009 Reg.5 and ADR 2009 1.8.3.1 to fail to appoint a DGSA, for which a consignor and/or carrier could be prosecuted in the UK.
This has been the position in the UK continuously ever since 31/12/1999, but back then the reference would have been: TDGSA 1999 Reg.4
Imp:
Thanks Dave the trainer was indeed correct, just me interpritting it wrong! LOL Thats a daft rule!!!
I’m fairly sure that it might be changed yet again when ADR 2011 comes out later this year.
I even think I know what the new marking might be, but I’m keeping my powder dry for the time being.
I’ll update the main ADR sticky as soon as I’ve got something definitive.
(And yes, it is [very] daft as it stands, but I can see what they’re trying to achieve. )
Bet you remember it now!! 
