Aren't both petrol and water liquid form?

water pouring out from a water tanker
@sharay (2769)
India
August 26, 2016 6:08am CST
I don't understand why even in such advanced technological age, we still are not able to transport water intact, each and every time I see a water lorry or a water tanker carrying water, water keeps spilling or pouring out from all corners, some people say its related to centre of gravity and that it is designed in such a way that it has let out some water in order to balance while riding and things like that...I have never seen a petrol tanker spill even a drop of petrol anywhere from its surface, then why couldn't that be applied to water, water is more precious isn't it, I wonder if its is the same everywhere or only in India
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
26 Aug 16
Imagine a petrol leaking everywhere. If mixed with oxygen it's highly corrosive! In our city i don't see anybody delivering trucks of water. OH and the water from the firetruck doesn't spill too. So what gives?
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@sharay (2769)
• India
26 Aug 16
I am just insisting that water should be treated equally important
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
26 Aug 16
@JolietJake totally agree. With petrol they are strictly under observation from the department of environment and the department of energy since it's extremely hazardous. But who's looking after water spillage? Nobody.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
26 Aug 16
@sharay Perhaps you should tell your government to impose regulations about that.
@skysnap (20153)
26 Aug 16
Yes however unlike water, petrol gets vaporized quickly.
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@sharay (2769)
• India
26 Aug 16
Petrol spillage is not my concern at all here...why waste water, precious water
@skysnap (20153)
26 Aug 16
@sharay because half of this planet has it so nobody takes it seriously.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
26 Aug 16
Oh..nice. If water has the property of catching fire then it would have been transported like petrol.
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