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Governor signs into law bill to ban bus idling
wcax.com ^ | 05/26/07 | AP

Posted on 05/26/2007 6:16:11 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

JERICHO, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has signed into law a bill to ban school buses from idling while parked on school grounds.

The governor signed the bill yesterday at the Browns River Middle School in Jericho where a seventh grade social studies class conceived of the idea to ban idling as a way to save fuel and protect the environment.

Douglas thanked the students for focusing on reducing emissions from motor vehicles, which generate almost half of the greenhouse gases produced in Vermont.

In addition to banning idling, the new law asks the Department of Education to develop a model policy to encourage school districts to restrict idling on school grounds by all vehicles.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: ban; bus; idling; jimdouglas
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1 posted on 05/26/2007 6:16:13 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

If this is all the legislature and Governor have time to do then it’s time to send them home for a few years vacation.


2 posted on 05/26/2007 6:19:03 AM PDT by Seruzawa (Attila the Hun... wasn't he a liberal?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"Douglas thanked the students for focusing on reducing emissions from motor vehicles, which generate almost half of the greenhouse gases produced in Vermont."

The other half being produced by bloviating politicians, ignorant and silly students and pontificating judges.

3 posted on 05/26/2007 6:20:23 AM PDT by n230099
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Gee.

What’s going to keep the driver warm in winter?

Does the driver now get fined (punished/written up) if she or he idles for two minutes instead of 6? Idles for 23 minutes instead of the allowed 21 minutes? Starts the bus, idles for 6 minutes, then discovers the band isn’t ready and has to wait for another 4, or 5, or 6, or 7 minutes ??? How long are they allowed to idle without penalty? Can they idle if the bus partially loaded but the students are freezing inside? Burning up inside in summer?

4 posted on 05/26/2007 6:23:03 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

This is stupid, almost beyond comprehension. Hopefully someone who understands diesel motors (and diesel, for the moment, is way cheaper than gasoline) will straighten out the idiots.

I can just imagine the wave of warm-fuzzies that swept through the Governor’s staff. Imagine, if you will (sorry Mr. Serling), such a huge boon to Mother Earth, and conceived by our own Vermont school-children. Gaia will be much pleased.


5 posted on 05/26/2007 6:24:38 AM PDT by David Isaac (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: TornadoAlley3

An improperly warmed up engine will use more gas than one that has been properly warmed up. You’re just changing the cause of the waste, not reducing it.


6 posted on 05/26/2007 6:34:42 AM PDT by SoldierMedic (Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007)
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To: TornadoAlley3

This is a law? So then why do they have so many administrators?


7 posted on 05/26/2007 6:36:25 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: TornadoAlley3

This is truly pathetic, with all that is going on in the world this fool is wasting time on THIS? AND the taxpayers are paying the salary of this buffoon....


8 posted on 05/26/2007 6:44:01 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (My House is Guarded By A Shotgun 3 Days A Week.... Guess Which Days.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Under the same reasoning, school heating/cooling systems should be shut down immediately after classes end each school day and all day on weekends. The school’s computers should be off instead of on standby and the school’s students should be required to unplug their family’s entertainment systems (which usually are in standby mode) and to require their home heating/cooling systems be shut down when the occupants leave.


9 posted on 05/26/2007 7:06:53 AM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Somebody should pass this to Bill O’Reilly. He has been trying to get the Governor and Legislature in Vermont to pass Jessica’s Law which will give sexual predators long and mandatory jail sentences.

They haven’t had time to do that but they pass this stupid, trivial law. Most of this state is on the brink of socialism and their local politicians are there already.


10 posted on 05/26/2007 7:09:19 AM PDT by rep-always
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To: TornadoAlley3

How long before they make it a felony?


11 posted on 05/26/2007 7:25:22 AM PDT by beltfed308 (Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
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To: n230099

is there scientific PROOF motor vehicles produce 50% of the ‘greenhouse gases’ produced in VT?


12 posted on 05/26/2007 7:29:34 AM PDT by fhlh (Liberal (noun): A person so open minded, their brains have fallen out of their head.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
The little darlings will be mighty cold in January thanks to their suggestion.Lets see how much whining they do on a morning when it’s -10 outside...and in their bus.
13 posted on 05/26/2007 7:44:09 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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And yet, I've noticed that diesel locomotives in Germany do this. Seconds after they stop, the motors go off, only to restart when the train is ready to move again.

Still, this seems silly.

14 posted on 05/26/2007 7:45:36 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Dear God in Heaven. When I read the title I just prayed that they had some other reason besides environmental to do this. Dang it!!! And kids thought of it to boot! We are in this forever now. Environmental issues are going to become a thorn in everyones side now. It is out of the box and not going back in. This is insane and I can just imagine the impact it will have on our lives in a few years. Thanks Al Gore! I tell you he put out one movie and now everyone is on the bandwagon even Republicans sadly! And they say he does not have much influence...with think kind of influence I don’t want it. Why are people listening to him????? If he runs for President, I pray for our country. He almost made it before and now with this environmental garbage being important he could win. He is freaking scary if you ask me.
15 posted on 05/26/2007 7:46:57 AM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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has signed into law a bill to ban school buses from idling while parked on school grounds.

I hope they made idling at least a class B felony. / sarc

16 posted on 05/26/2007 7:47:11 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Next thing you know the Vermont gov will ban idling in the Mc Donalds drive thru...then KFC, then...

5.56mm

17 posted on 05/26/2007 7:50:40 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: David Isaac

why the tight controls on particulates, especially diesel particulates? These are heavier than air, they fall to the ground... who do diesels contribute to greenhouse gasses?

This is a ‘feel good’ law


18 posted on 05/26/2007 7:54:41 AM PDT by fhlh (Liberal (noun): A person so open minded, their brains have fallen out of their head.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Can we ban cow flatulence next? Pretty please? With sugar on top?
19 posted on 05/26/2007 7:56:27 AM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: TornadoAlley3

If that’s all that’s required to solve “Gore-bull warming” ban all red lights too! In our town I call them “traffic accumulators.” They’re places where cars stop to idle for long minutes when there’s no cross traffic.


20 posted on 05/26/2007 8:00:26 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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