Miscellaneous

Idle Thoughts

Here where I currently reside, in Portland, Maine, the city council has enacteda new law that makes it a crime, punishable with $50 fines, to leave your car idling for more than five minutes.

Ha!

I'm not entirely sure how the law will be enforced, unless they will unleash a force of police officers who will scour the city for those damned idling cars, but the law is apparently designed to cut down on greenhouse gasses. However, the law will be suspended if its under 32 degree or if the driver is ill. Strange Maine.

I wonder if Prius (Pree-I?) are exempt, because they don't use gasoline while they idle?

Full post as published by Quiz Law on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).