Maybe.
What I was getting at is that a jerry can holder itself can't be "ADR compliant"
per se because there's no ADR for jerry can holders (this came up in a court case re motorbike helmet cameras about two years ago). ADRs are for
cars, not
accessories. As this useful article points out, the "ADR compliance" is that the product in question doesn't negatively affect the
vehicle's ADR compliance:
"As he commented further, the term ‘ADR-compliant’ can be misinterpreted as applying to a particular accessory, rather than the fact it means the accessory is ‘compliant’ because it does not affect or alter the performance and safety of the vehicle as it was originally designed to meet a specific ADR."
Engineering ADR-compliant gear
I can't see:
(a) how a rear or roof mounted jerry can holder would affect the ADR compliance of any vehicle: if cars had rear crumple zones then anything stuck on the back would need to not affect that, in the same way that bullbars can't affect ADR compliance re frontal collisions, but I can't think of any rear ADR compliance issues, other perhaps than not affecting or obscuring rear lights.
This article refers to using an "ADR compliant holder" but as I said, it's not clear in what sense a jerry can holder would render a car non-compliant:
Living
I would suggest though that if you were going to use jerry cans to carry fuel you
would want to use jerry cans that comply with the Australian standard - and there is one for jerry cans. If you're using aux tanks that have been installed professionally, then you'd presumably have a warranty from the manufacturer/installer that the car was still road-worthy and ADR compliant.
(b) on a quick scan of the Australian Dangerous Goods Code, diesel doesn't get much of a mention, although petrol appears to be treated as more dangerous:
https://www.ntc.gov.au/Media/Reports...CFD8DDEFA).pdf
The Victorian
Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road orRail) Regulations 2008 appear to exempt fuel loads of less than 500 litres or if the goods are not being transported commercially, and other State's regs are probably similar (since they run off the Code and the UN rules).
Basically the whole thing's a bit opaque and would warrant some proper research - I suspect that much of what's being said on-line about jerry cans is either urban myth or hearsay.
Originally Posted by ozscott
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