CA idling law??? Tickets? Enforcement??

I'd be curious if there were other circumstances involved, i.e., the idling ticket was secondary, or if there were other tickets issued at the same location(s). There are always lots of idling trucks in Barstow.

 

They should take it to court and ask the cop if he shut off his vehicle while he was writing the tickets.

 

I read something interesting in the Thursday, August 14, 2008 edition of the Press Enterprise newspaper. I found it in the Local section, Your Views -- where readers write in to express their concerns.

Dale E. Dunn of Riverside, California wrote a letter to the editors titled
End The Idling.
Here's what he had to say:

I was glad to see that San Bernardino is doing something about the long idling of police cars ("Police reassess idling cars," June 12).

The ones I've seen are in the Brockton Arcade area in Riverside. I am sure the same thing is going on in other locations. Idling wastes gasoline and causes pollution and unnecessary wear on the police vehicles. I've seen police cars idling for sometimes an hour or more.

Hmmmmmmm
How 'bout that?

Don didn't mention whether there were police officers in those idling police cars, but here in the town where I live in Riverside County, I have personally seen empty police cars idling. I can only guess where the officers were, but on one occasion I suspect the officer was eating lunch at one of the restaurants in the area. That's what I was doing when I parked right next to the idling police car. I was there for a total of about 40 to 45 minutes, sitting at a window seat and saw no officer the entire time, and the police car was still idling and empty when I left.
The temperatures were in the high 90's at the time.

I've seen other police cars idling at other places during hot weather but I don't know how long they were idling. I saw no officers then either, just the empty police cars.

In the past I've suggested that idling police cars when the officers were actually IN them should not be allowed if the powers that be think Big truck truck drivers shouldn't have the same luxury when they're attempting to get mandated rest, or while being loaded or unloaded during hot weather. But for police to be allowed to idle their unoccupied vehicles while they take a break in an air conditioned place of business sizzles my bacon. These would be the same law enforcement officers who would issue a Big truck truck driver an expensive citation for doing basically the same thing while trying to get quality rest in order to be a safer driver on the highways.

My hunch is that if there's a clamp-down on such police practices, the officers will moan and groan about the injustice of it all --- for THEM, and the Police Union will object about the inhumane treatment of their rank and file officers.
Sort of a double edged sword if y'all ask me.
Whudda ya think?

 

According to a google search the following states have some sort of anti-idling policy. I'm sure more have been added and this is not up to date info.

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Existing Regulations​

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Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin ​

Wyoming


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ATRI publishes an up-to-date listing in a couple of printer-friendly formats here:
http://www.atri-online.org/research/idling/Truck_Idling_Regulations.htm

 

this is one I really can't understand,
trains/planes/ships/cars all Idle
But for a tired driver who needs sleep and be well rested Can't.
Do these people who write the laws understand the danger they are putting not only the driver but the people on the road running with these trucks in?

 

We are an easy target.

Ill bet CHP idles their cruisers when theyre sitting on the side of the road.