Dallas to begin enforcing new idling law April 1...

Glenn MC9 · March 19, 2008, 01:23:03 PM

I found this on the Commercial Carrier Journal web page today.

Click the link below to view article.
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=67446

Glenn

Dallas · March 19, 2008, 02:48:10 PM

I resemble that Fact!

Dallas

Jeremy · March 19, 2008, 02:53:15 PM

There was actually a human-interest piece on the TV news here not long ago about the bizarre habit that some American truckers had of allowing their engines to idle for long periods whilst parked up, and how it was indicative of how the concept of fuel economy & emissions reduction just hadn't yet caught on yet. I realise there are sometimes good reasons to do it (extreme cold temperature etc), but it is something which you would simply never see here. Quite a few new cars here (VWs and the diesel Mini etc) actually turn the engine off when you come to a stop, and automatically start it again when you press the accelerator pedal to drive off.

Jeremy

niles500 · March 20, 2008, 12:22:57 PM

*****Dallas to begin enforcing new idling law

I don't think Cat should stand for that !!!!

Dallas · March 20, 2008, 12:50:49 PM

Quote from: niles500 on March 20, 2008, 12:22:57 PM
*****Dallas to begin enforcing new idling law

I don't think Cat should stand for that !!!!

The only laws I enforce were when my kids were attempting to grow up.. They survived, but one of them will not ever shoplift again.

Oh, and the other law that adult beverages should be served ice cold.

Dallas

HB of CJ · March 20, 2008, 01:31:18 PM

Well, it IS pretty obvious that it's Dallas's fault! NO idlers! Does that mean that we can no longer sit either?

chazwood · March 20, 2008, 07:17:20 PM

April 1.....

TomC · March 20, 2008, 10:31:20 PM

This won't apply if you have a new bus with the idle approved engines with low nox. Good Luck, TomC

Lin · March 21, 2008, 09:30:35 AM

That law was passed with the help of strong religious support that declared, "The idling truck is the Devil's playground."

Christyhicks · March 24, 2008, 06:36:51 PM

It just shows how messed up I am that when I read the title of this post, I thought of a bus buddy instead of a major city. . . a city that's not even that far down the road from us.

Dallas, I bet you figured I just never thought about you. . .little did you know, ha ha. Christy Hicks

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC · March 24, 2008, 06:47:22 PM

They picked a good day to inforce the new law....

Cause most of the Owner Operators will be "ENGINE OFF" anyway!

Isn't April 1st the D-Day for a strike?

Nick-

chargePlus · March 24, 2008, 07:24:39 PM

Quote from: TomC on March 20, 2008, 10:31:20 PM
This won't apply if you have a new bus with the idle approved engines with low nox. Good Luck, TomC

But Tom, don't all diesel engines have nox? It's the side effect of being compression ignition engines, while spark ignition engines have pings.

- John

PS - Yes, I know what you really mean...

Jerry W Campbell · March 25, 2008, 07:58:42 AM

We came back up 95 thru Nevada last week and heard the truckers talking about a friend who just paid $300 for letting his truck idle for more than 10 minutes at a rest area i California. We spent the nite in a rest area just south of Susanville, Ca and sure enough all the trucks had reasonbly quiet inverter generators. I slept good. The cops made regular rounds. I'm so happy to see this happen.
Jerry