I thought these were illegal to carry if full in the back of your car?
vulcanproject to cleverguy12
18 Mar 162#6
Plastic up to 10 litres. But even if you had 20 unless you drive around with the boot open up and down past the cop shop all day they probably won't care. Well unless you also have a dead body in the boot of your car like me
koalauk to cleverguy12
18 Mar 16#7
Only in MIDDLESBROUGH
Biggunspaul to cleverguy12
18 Mar 16#9
Why would you carry it in your car full,that's what the fuel tanks for :wink:
jollyfj to cleverguy12
18 Mar 16#18
Any fuel container has to be marked "imflammable". You can only carry 5 litres in a plastic container, but you are allowed to have two in a car. If the container is metal it's allowed to hold ten litres, and again, you can have two in the car. Weirdly, you can combine the two, and have two plastic and two metal for 30 litres all at once.
0scar222 to cleverguy12
18 Mar 16#24
No 5 litres is ok lots need carry fuel for petrol powered mowers,strimmers chainsaws generators ect
or if you ran out of petrol
toucheroar
18 Mar 162#5
I dont think they're illegal to carry full as long as they're the proper sized containers. Useful to have for £1. The cheapest I've seen them before is £2.
If I'm going on a long journey (like driving to France or Germany with the family) then I'll take a full container with me just in case (never had to use it but gives some peace of mind).
jimhalpert to toucheroar
18 Mar 16#11
I don't understand the logic behind this given France and Germany also have plentiful petrol stations?
aau1
18 Mar 16#8
The black (diesel) can has been £1 for a while in my store but not the green (petrol) one
AD959 to aau1
18 Mar 161#16
Oh dear, I put petrol in the black one, what to do? Will I need to buy the proper one for petrol?
discount4cash
18 Mar 16#10
not in manchester trafford park
toucheroar
18 Mar 161#12
That's fine. You probably haven't driven a 900 mile journey from the Midlands to the French Alps leaving at 6pm and arriving at 8am with the potential to get stuck in your car overnight (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-dead-and-15000-cars-stranded-in-french-alps-as-snow-sweeps-region-9946733.html) and a couple of young children in the car. You don't need to understand wanting a jerry can of petrol in the boot.
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or if you ran out of petrol
If I'm going on a long journey (like driving to France or Germany with the family) then I'll take a full container with me just in case (never had to use it but gives some peace of mind).