The trouble is that new legislation dictates that it's illegal to leave your engine running in the street while parked up even if you are sitting in it.
Why ??? What a waist of diesel and polluting the planet at the same time , just charge the batteries when you get home as it’s not going to charge them much on tick over anyway
Does your van not have opening windows then ?? That’s what most do how did you manage before air con ?
I agree with this. Think people should be fined for leaving their engines running unnecessarily
We have a school opposite and the busses stop outside and use that point to adjust their timetables so they can be on tick over for a good 10 to 15 mins!!! It's bad enough that they tick over for that length of time but outside a school!!!!
Any idea if that also applies to busses? They sit outside a school opposite me for a good 10 -15 mins to correct their timetables when running ahead of time in quiet periods!
In all honesty I forgot about this, I generally only have mine running on a morning to demist the windscreen but I'm usually on my drive anyway, I did think there was a 2 minute rule that an engine could be running for but completely pointless to have the engine running just to generate a small amount of heat when on a break as I'd be out of the van before the engine warmed up anyway
I think but could be wrong that is way it was brought in mainly because of buses and what you mention happens shouldn't now be happening
Only exemptions are emergency services vehicles being used at an incident , if busses are parked at a bus depot they have to turn off engines but not at a normal bus stop .
You can let your vehicle idle on your driveway totally legally. Move it onto the street and idling the same engine is illegal.
Only problem is if the vehicle is stolen your insurance will be invalid as keys left in the ignition ??
Surely it’s your moral duty to go over to them and tell them to turn off their engines or you’ll report them. Them little kids are breathing in all that ?
I believe it applies to them as well. It certainly applies to a lorry parked on the side of the motorway while the driver is taking a break. (Not sure if it applies to a lorry parked up overnight in a motorway lorry park though.)
It does top up the batteries a bit mate,also in winter I have my heated seat on and blowers to keep warm on a cold day...
It's not unnecessary though in my case...I'm topping up my batteries for my diesel heater and keeping warm or cool depending on time or year..I only have 30 mins for lunch then crack on
If every one didn't give a ? things would be a lot worse, I think some have missed the issue here we are in a climate crisis the world as we know is going to change forever, thanks to humans things are been wiped out but that's just fine with some because they are ignorant keeping your blinkers and carrying on regardless is why we are in the ? we are in.
You should have said sooner then I could have called you all the names under the sun, but as it's the eve of xmas eve I wish you well and hope you enjoy the diesel fumes ?
