In other words, he was ticketed for warming up his car
No, he was ticketed for leaving the car unattended and running. If he were in the car and it was warming up, there would have not been a ticket. Yes it’s a very silly law and if I were a cop I would use my discretion and not give a ticket. My only point was it was a misleading headline. The point being please read the article before commenting on it. Don’t just rely on the headline.