exploding plastic storage tanks

[Lil' Lavery]

This isn't about whether or not these tanks are quality products, it's about risk. Even if the failures are 100% caused by "user error," the tanks' failure mode is an explosion that sends shard traveling at high speeds. There are two attributes to risk, probability and severity. While we obviously don't have access to FIRST's safety risk matrix, I know that regardless of how low we drive the probability of the risk, the severity is still to high for these tanks to be acceptable for use on 1712 (and I would hope other teams). I feel much more comfortable using a tank with a failure mode that doesn't involve high speed, sharp projectiles.