Chiefs Want Rear Rail on Oil Trucks
Twenty-eight members attended the meeting of the New London Country Fire Chiefs’ Association held at Fire Headquarters, Willimantic, Conn., on May 3, Chief Thomas Shipman of New London, President of the organization, was in charge of the session. The meeting went on record as favoring legislation requiring all gasoline trucks operated on the highways of the state to be equipped with a rear guard rail. It was pointed out that rear-end collissions in which such trucks are involved increase yearly. In many cases a car crashing into the rear of a tank truck will break the outlet valves or pipes, allowing the gasoline cargo to be spilled and causing a fire hazard. Resolutions favoring such legislation were drawn up and will be sent to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and to the Commissioner of State Police, who is also State Fire Marshal.
Twenty-eight members attended the meeting of the New London Country Fire Chiefs’ Association held at Fire Headquarters, Willimantic, Conn., on May 3, Chief Thomas Shipman of New London, President of the organization, was in charge of the session. The meeting went on record as favoring legislation requiring all gasoline trucks operated on the highways of the state to be equipped with a rear guard rail. It was pointed out that rear-end collissions in which such trucks are involved increase yearly. In many cases a car crashing into the rear of a tank truck will break the outlet valves or pipes, allowing the gasoline cargo to be spilled and causing a fire hazard. Resolutions favoring such legislation were drawn up and will be sent to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and to the Commissioner of State Police, who is also State Fire Marshal.
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