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Idling exemption ends, leaves room for Texas-sized enforcement
Idling exemption ends, leaves room for Texas-sized enforcement
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Truckers stopping in Texas may soon see enforcement of anti-idling rules stepped up as an exemption of many local government-enforced idling restrictions expires.

On Sept. 1, truck drivers will no longer be allowed to idle during federally mandated rest periods. Cities and counties in Texas that enforce idling restrictions have agreed to sign a memorandum of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that limits idling to five minutes at a time.

The memorandum exempted idling during “government-mandated rest periods,” but that exemption ends on Sept. 1, 2009.

Some exemptions, however, will remain.

Vehicles aren’t restricted from idling in Texas if they:


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See how long that lasts when truckers start dying from the heat of a Texas summer, boy howdy. Oh wait, we ain't worth ####.
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Are being operated solely to defrost a windshield
In Texas? Haha! Cross another state off the list.
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Hmm, I got a solution. Go get a can of that spray frosting they use on windows during Christmas, spray it all over the inside of your truck windows, and idle away! If they stop and ask why yer idling, it's because of the frost!
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Or turn the defroster on with the a/c on high. Create your own frost!
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Hehe, yup!
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we should have shut the country down last year when all these states started copying ca.8200 for an apu after the last 5 yrs?-sure I will take 2 -1 for each side.
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Now there is another law that EVERYONE should OBEY! Next time it is 130 degrees out, You sleep in that 180 degree cab for your 10 hour break. Shame on you if you don't.
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Give Texas and California back to mexico...
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