Truck driver transporting asphyxiating gas without proper authorization

During a roadside surveillance service along the A/14 motorway, near the tollgate of Porto Sant’Elpidio (Fermo, Italy), a motorway police patrol stopped a lorry driver who was illegally transporting a dangerous asphyxiant gas. The documentary check revealed that the driver was carrying cylinders with approximately 1,500 kilograms of refrigerant gas R427A – classified as dangerous because asphyxiating in high concentrations in the event of a spillage – despite not having acquired the ADR professional training certificate required for the safe transportation of hazardous materials. The vehicle and goods were placed under administrative detention. An administrative penalty of a total sum of EUR 5,000 was imposed on the driver.