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.
I guess the ole saying:
“You can’t step outside your house without breaking the law” rings true.
F**K their silly laws, arrest me!
I never had a problem with this except for one clown in a preious apartment complex who would start his car and then go back inside for about an hour. I hate the noise of an idling engine for extended periods of time.
Control freaks at ski areas in Soviet Red Hampshire have been doing this for a couple of years...
I just looked up my township to see if there was an ordinance like that on the books. Thank God, there isn’t.
I live in Wisconsin. Radio 1310 WIBA’s traffic watch was advising people to warm up their cars so they won’t wind up like the dozens of disabled cars in -20F conditions. No one threatened radio guy with sanctions.
That day, car #1 blew a coolant hose connector, and car #2 got a flat tire hitting a separated piece of highway due to cold heaves on the interstate. Until the car warmed up the window was icing over . . . ON THE INSIDE!
Cars left running at the gas station do sometimes get stolen. I drive older GM products (mid 90s), and half of the doors/windows/locks don’t work in WARM weather; there is no way I am going to LOCK them in cold weather.
With global warming it should never be necessary to warm up the car? </S>
I put a small electric heater, turned on, in my truck with the extension cord sticking out. If it is iced up, I simply plug in a longer extension cord to the one sticking out.
When I plug in that cord to an outlet, the heater comes on and after about 30 minutes the truck is warmed up and the ice melting so I can scrape it off easily.
um... you know you can still lock the door when the engine is running?
why is the assumption the door is unlocked?
My car has a touch pad system on the drivers side door that I can use to get back into the car while I do this.
Stupid law...
I’m sure the gubmint screws don’t warm there cars up either.Just run out in the cold,cold mornings and start driving.We need to get video of the people who will inforce this crap and see if they follow the law.My bet is they don’t and wont.
Install a remote start/stop system.
You need to warm up your vehicle or you could cause damage to it.
I am so sick and tired of busy body government trolls.
Just get an illegal to warm up your car. What are the cops gonna do to them ? Arrest ‘em ?
I live in MN. I start my car on cold days using remote start. Run it for 5 minutes or so and enjoy a comfy right. I will continue to do so. Hows that police state coming along?...... F^^K em!
Actually - I live in MD, its a good law.
The number of car thefts from driveways goes up in this here parts when people start up their cars and then leave them to go inside.
Since the law went into effect, the number of car thefts from driveways is about nil.
I still like to call it "Warming up the car."
This year we have had several days in the teens below zero and many days below zero. One morning it was twenty four below.
My wife just says, "Have you started my car yet?" I think I still fear her more than I fear Nanny.
Seems like it would be more unsafe to drive the car still cold and with the windows mostly frozen over. The windshield defroster doesn’t work well when the engine is cold.
That is what would happen because most people don’t have 20 minutes spare time early in the morning to sit in the car while it warms up.
Check out Salt Lake City’s “anti-idling” ordinance. It’s so complex you need to have a rule book when you drive.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52783830-78/idling-council-law-minutes.html.csp