If your load includes explosives, oxidizers, or flammable materials, smoking is banned within what distance of the vehicle?

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Why

No one may smoke or carry a lit cigarette, cigar, or pipe on the vehicle or within 25 feet of it when it carries explosives, oxidizers, or flammables, since one spark could set off a fire or explosion.

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Topic: Hazardous materials   License: CDL

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• Loading and Unloading HazMat

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