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Is this a general problem with regulations? These regs look fairly sensible to me: https://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/portabable-petrol-storage-containers

• gruez 6y ago
  From the article: >The government never said “no vents.” It abolished them de facto with new standards that every state had to adopt by 2009. So for the last three years, you have not been able to buy gas cans that work properly. They are not permitted to have a separate vent. The top has to close automatically. There are other silly things now, too, but the biggest problem is that they do not do well what cans are supposed to do. Indeed, if you drill down into the regulations you linked, you'll see the same requirements listed: >The closure should not show any visible signs of leaking even if the container is on its side or accidentally tipped over.