I took exception to the question about turning off the gas. The quiz advised *not* to turn off the gas unless you could smell a gas leak. The reason given was that many injuries and deaths are caused *afterwards* by people not being able to turn the gas on again safely (not having proper tools, not checking appliances, not waiting for properly equipped personnel).

I totally fail to see how this can be the case. Turning the gas off and on is a simple valve. Turning it off and on again is easy. All appliances have (or should have) failsafe systems to prevent gas escaping if conditions are not right, e.g. thermal coupling from the pilot light to the gas valve. This is true in the UK, NZ and Japan.

I would argue that while it is true you should turn off the gas if you smell it, there should be no penalty (I lost one point) for turning off the gas any time.

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