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TranscriptionA picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:

In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less

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[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Not dangerous. See Mythbusters on the topic of exploding LP tanks.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Any compressed gas can be dangerous.

I am a fleet manager for a company that solely delivers them. However we know people will do this. It's your gas, but there is a reason there are many regulations for when gasses are transported. Things can get ugly really fast if anything is not right.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Definitely dangerous. May not explode, sure,

but could displace enough oxygen to cause hypoxia.

Could vent fast enough to cause dangerous overpressure.

Could slide out of the seatbelts not meant to hold that shape and become a wrecking ball in an accident.

Yes it's dangerous, no it won't kill you most times you do it.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If the steel bottle somehow instantaneously dissolved, then sure.

I will continue to fly in airplanes assuming that the laws of physics will continue to apply.

[-] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-29/one-dead-several-injured-in-footscray-incident/7058122?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

There was this incident in my town a long time ago. I believe the cause was leaking gas bottles and having them unsecured caused sparks, which then resulted in the explosion.

So, secure those gas bottles well!!

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