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COLD SHOCK: Warming up your car illegal!
WND.com ^
| January 10, 2014
| WND.com
Posted on 01/12/2014 4:35:45 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
WASHINGTON – The recent nationwide cold snap isn’t just making Americans uncomfortable. It’s turning some into lawbreakers.
The shocking news of state and local regulations that make it illegal to warm up your frozen car is hitting home in Texas, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin, South Carolina – even some cities in Minnesota.
Who knew it could be illegal to run back inside while your car is warming up in winter – in a practice sometimes called “puffing”?
Many Americans are getting first-hand experience this brutal winter with the latest manifestation of what some call the “Nanny State.”
The reason for such laws is usually linked with the increased threat of vehicles being stolen – and some of them carry hefty fines for enticing car thieves to commit their crimes. The laws are a little fuzzy on the newer technology of “auto-start” vehicles specifically designed for the comfort of their drivers and passengers.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Maryland; US: Minnesota; US: Ohio; US: South Carolina; US: Texas; US: West Virginia; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: automobiles; climatechange; enginewear; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; nannystate; pollution; puffing; theft; warmingupcar
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To: Starstruck
and some of them carry hefty fines for enticing car thieves to commit their crimes.Or being white is enticing blacks to do the knockout game.
"Hold on...can we fine people for being white?"
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:50:11 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: BwanaNdege
First time I saw a car with this technology was in 1971 in Illinois. The car was from Minnesota.
IIRC, I've seen DYI project on remote starters for cars in electronics magazines as well as amateur radio literature as far back as the 1970's.
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:51:10 PM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: chrisser
they have auto starts for stick shifts too
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:51:45 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Stupid, stupid law based on nothing but sheer control. I have always warmed up the car first in the Winter. When the kids were babies.. I didn’t want to put them into a cold car. Now... I don’t want to get into a cold car and sit till it warms up. You know how cold it was here last week, TSR. I warmed the car up at least 15 minutes in the morning.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So it is illegal to take measures for your health, safety and engine shock?
Thanks liberals.
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:52:17 PM PST
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: COBOL2Java
They brag about making people fearful of everything.
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:53:20 PM PST
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: momtothree
but the State Nanny says it’s safer for you to struggle to survive the cold while wheeling out into traffic with iced over windows
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:54:05 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Cyber Liberty
Ummm...I don’t suppose that BETTER POLICING is in order? Or do we have to pay more taxes to get that...
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:57:22 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: steve86
Is it illegal to leave front doors unlocked at night too?
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:59:38 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
To: COBOL2Java
“Hold on...can we fine people for being white?”
Actually...if you think about it, effectively, this already exists. It does catch some people of other ethnicities/races, though.
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posted on
01/12/2014 4:59:56 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If they think they can keep me from warming up my car when it's frozen, they can osculum my infame. Bastards.
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:01:15 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(If you liked the website, you'll LOVE the healthcare!)
To: digger48
I guess a lot of us are criminals now. I have no intention of stopping either. First, the car feels like it runs better when it is warm. Secondly, I feel better when it is warm. I feel like such a gangsta’! LOL!
To: F15Eagle
Yep...And those leather seats need to be thawed out as well...
You know how much of a hazard it is driving with frozen glutes??? Its a huge distraction???
;-)
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:03:59 PM PST
by
stevie_d_64
(It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think I just figured out why that women was trying to charcoal-thaw her car last week: she was trying to stay out of jail.
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:04:26 PM PST
by
alancarp
To: COBOL2Java
"Hold on...can we fine people for being white?"No, but Juan Roberts (Traitor in Chief) has ruled you can tax them for it.
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:04:34 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have it here in Jersey. I basically ignore the law. My town is virtually crime-free and if need to run back into the house while the car is running, so be it.
To: Still Thinking
No, but Juan Roberts (Traitor in Chief) has ruled you can tax them for it. Brilliant!
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:06:06 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: F15Eagle
There were last week when the San Antonio area dropped to 18 on one morning.
Quite comfy now though. lol
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:07:26 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: digger48
but the State Nanny says it’s safer for you to struggle to survive the cold while wheeling out into traffic with iced over windowsI find I'm happier when I don't assume I'm supposed to do what stupid people tell me to do.
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:07:38 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Cyber Liberty
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posted on
01/12/2014 5:08:15 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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