Bulgaria ADR Driver case studies
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The Bulgarian ADR driver certificate is the national credential that allows a driver to transport dangerous goods by road in accordance with the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR). In Bulgaria it is issued after completing an approved training course and passing the corresponding examination; the certificate is recognised for international carriage as well. The Bulgaria ADR Driver case studies are 5 cases and about 2,974 words.
1Overloaded axle after a late pallet substitution
You are loading a rigid truck (3 axles, maximum permissible gross weight 26 t, front axle limit 7.5 t, rear bogie limit 19 t) for a run from Plovdiv to Ruse. The consignment is 18 pallets of UN 1263 paint (packing group II, 4G fibreboard boxes on EUR pallets), declared gross 14 800 kg, plus 6 pallets of UN 1950 aerosols (2.1) at 3 200 kg.
716 words, about 4 min2Tunnel code conflict on a cross-country route
You are planning a run from Sofia to a delivery point beyond a long mountain tunnel. The load is 12 × 220-litre drums of UN 1203 petrol (class 3, PG II, total 2 640 litres) and 8 cylinders of UN 1005 ammonia, anhydrous (class 2.3, 8 × 50 kg).
579 words, about 3 min3Leaking drum found at a lay-by during a parking stop
A driver parks a vehicle carrying UN 1830 sulphuric acid (class 8, PG II, 20 × 200-litre polyethylene drums in a curtain-sided body) at an unsupervised lay-by at 23:40 because the permitted parking place is full. At 06:00 the driver finds a pool of liquid under the rear of the body, a sharp acidic smell, and one drum visibly deformed with its bung seeping.
590 words, about 3 min4Mixed loading of class 1 and class 5.1 in one vehicle
A vehicle is offered a part load for a regional run: 6 boxes of UN 0027 black powder (class 1, division 1.1D, 24 kg net explosive content) and 10 boxes of UN 1942 ammonium nitrate fertiliser (class 5.1, PG III, 250 kg). The consignor says both are 'just powders' and wants them on one vehicle to save a trip.
518 words, about 3 min5Aerosol consignment, heat and a defective extinguisher
Before departure on a hot July afternoon, a driver checks a vehicle loaded with 40 pallets of UN 1950 aerosols (division 2.1, 1 200 cartons) plus a small consignment of UN 1993 flammable liquid, n.o.s. (class 3, PG III, 4 × 25 litres).
571 words, about 3 min