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3CorsaMeal

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28th Sep 05 at 09:18

anyone heard about this, Braintree in Essex is gonna be the first area to enforce this new law

mainly affects delivery drivers etc

but also if you stop outside shop while someone goes in

gianluigi

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28th Sep 05 at 09:21

what do u mean? leaving ur car whilst it is still running?

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28th Sep 05 at 09:22

Yea, it's illegal in most states in the US and in Canada...

Edd

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28th Sep 05 at 09:24

what about bus drivers stopping at bus stops

mwg

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28th Sep 05 at 09:25

I'm sure sometime last winter it was in the paper that some guy got fined (possibly pionts too) for leaving his car running to defrost his windows before he left for work one morning cos it was on a public road outside his house!

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28th Sep 05 at 09:25

There is a time limit, I think it's something like 1 minute or maybe 2, but the bus drivers would have to turn thier engines off if they were aiting for a while - seeing as bus engines are the most polluting......

M2RTY

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28th Sep 05 at 09:26

been like that in darlington for ages, one or two people i know got fined for it about 2 years ago

Andrew

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28th Sep 05 at 09:50

Crazy

However, where i live i could not leave me car idle as someone would just jump in and drive off.

3CorsaMeal

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28th Sep 05 at 09:54

quote:
Originally posted by Andrew

However, where i live i could not leave me car idle as someone would just jump in and drive off.

was thinking about that lastnight, after reading that car jacking

i got in car, started it, then realised i'd forgot something, so leave car sat outside running with door wide open while i go back in house for about 5mins

Cybermonkey

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28th Sep 05 at 10:01

i remember Top Gear covering a story on this, and it was found that if this special built Audi was to sit in rush hour traffic with its engine running right in the heart of london, the gases being exhumed from the exhaust were actually cleaner than what was being sucked in through the filter

mwg

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28th Sep 05 at 10:04

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal

quote:
Originally posted by Andrew

However, where i live i could not leave me car idle as someone would just jump in and drive off.

was thinking about that lastnight, after reading that car jacking

i got in car, started it, then realised i'd forgot something, so leave car sat outside running with door wide open while i go back in house for about 5mins

I do this but I've got quite a big drive that isn't visible from the road so dont really worry about it cos noone can see my car anyway

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28th Sep 05 at 10:16

do you know in the UK it's illegal to eat a mince pie on Christmas Day?

Cybermonkey

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28th Sep 05 at 10:16

dave you are a dodgy geeza

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28th Sep 05 at 10:31

it's true though

vibrio

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28th Sep 05 at 10:43

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
anyone heard about this, Braintree in Essex is gonna be the first area to enforce this new law

mainly affects delivery drivers etc

but also if you stop outside shop while someone goes in

its already a law MoFu - your not allowed to leave a car running onthe queens highway unattended

Calum1577

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28th Sep 05 at 10:48

Its also illegal to cut hair on a Sunday.

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28th Sep 05 at 10:49

quote:
Originally posted by Calum1577
Its also illegal to cut hair on a Sunday.

this must be why my barber is shut on a sunday!!

blebo

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28th Sep 05 at 11:32

quote:
Originally posted by vibrio

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
anyone heard about this, Braintree in Essex is gonna be the first area to enforce this new law

mainly affects delivery drivers etc

but also if you stop outside shop while someone goes in

its already a law MoFu - your not allowed to leave a car running onthe queens highway unattended

Or with the handbrake off

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28th Sep 05 at 11:35

quote:
Originally posted by blebo

quote:
Originally posted by vibrio

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
anyone heard about this, Braintree in Essex is gonna be the first area to enforce this new law

mainly affects delivery drivers etc

but also if you stop outside shop while someone goes in

its already a law MoFu - your not allowed to leave a car running onthe queens highway unattended

Or with the handbrake off

no thats just common sense

blebo

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28th Sep 05 at 11:37

^^ No its illegal

blebo

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28th Sep 05 at 11:39

Regulation 107 of the construction and use regulations makes it an offence to leave a motor vehicle on a road whilst not attended by a person licenced to drive it whilst the engine is running or the handbrake is not set

[Edited on 28-09-2005 by blebo]

3CorsaMeal

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28th Sep 05 at 11:41

vibrio doens't know what he is on about, read this in paper just other day, and mum works in that line of stuff

you can get done for sitting in car with it running, unless ur in a traffic jam

blebo

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28th Sep 05 at 11:45

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
vibrio doens't know what he is on about, read this in paper just other day, and mum works in that line of stuff

you can get done for sitting in car with it running, unless ur in a traffic jam

Must be a local byelaw then, nothing like that in the Road Traffic Act

3CorsaMeal

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28th Sep 05 at 11:45

i'll see what i can find

blebo

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28th Sep 05 at 11:56

Regulation 98 Construction and Use Regulations.

Must switch off engine whilst parked.

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