Re: Drivers could face £20 fine for leaving engines running in traffic jams
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Re: Drivers could face £20 fine for leaving engines running in traffic jams         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Tony Dragon
Date: Sep 17, 2008 00:32

Doug wrote:
> I'm shocked to learn motorists leave their nasty polluting engines
> running.
>
> "Motorists could face £20 spot fines if they leave their engines
> running while stuck in traffic.
>
> Traffic wardens will be able to issue the penalties - after a
> warning - in a bid to cut down on pollution.
>
> A pilot scheme is due to be launched in January in Shoreham-by-Sea,
> West Sussex, and will be expanded if it proves successful. West Sussex
> Council said it would target areas where exhaust emissions build up
> unnecessarily, such as rail crossings and town centres..."
>
> More:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1056633/Drivers-face-20-fine-leaving-engines...
>
>
> --
> World Carfree Network
> http://www.worldcarfree.net/
> Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.

Perhaps you should read all the article, specifically the bit that says
turning the engine off could be more polluting.

Doug, what is your opinion of the same thing happening on the railways?

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Tony the Dragon
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