No Idling Laws and Walmarts

Have to overlook the trolls sometimes.

 

Allowme what is the temp there in Cali when they dont write ticke
ts. I forgot

 

She ain't in Cali so that's a moot point.

I've never had anyone come out and tell me to shut my truck off. Of course I don't idle just to idle either.

There is always the fall back position I take when confronted by stupid rules at shippers or receivers and the SOS sent out to inform me that I've broken one of their rules. I give them what they expect to hear. "Well I'm just a DAT ( dumb ### trucker) and I ain't had much learnin' and don't know better".

 

Are you at a DC or a Store parking lot doing a 34? In either case why aren't you at a truck-stop doing a 34 so you can shower and take care of things?

 

Hubby got a ticket on Hunt's Point in NYC for idling. The temp was 90+ at night, no APU, had to idle to sleep. Officer wrote on the ticket that he sat in his car and timed for over 10 min. He also stated that if there was a cat or dog on the truck he couldn't ticket him.

 

The heating and cooling refers to reefers and heated vans .

 

That is a true statement bout the cat or dog. Had a buddy who had his dog with him in Barstow temp was hot and he was ideling and they started to.write him until the dog barked that changed everything

 

You sure about that? It's not clear but when you see the words 'installed on the vehicle' I would think it means installed on the vehicle itself.

edit to add- it refers to 'installed on the motor vehicle' so I think it's safe to assume it's not referring to a motor installed on a trailer.

 

Rather than risk a health of safety issue I would idle, I cannot sleep when the heat is up.