Although the anti-idling bylaw has been essentially tabled for a year at Coun. Andy Adams request, the issue should not be put out of mind for the same period of time.
The idea has merit but enforcing it has to be all but impossible. Do we need something so draconian as a bylaw ordering people to not idle their vehicles so much? Who’s going to run up to a vehicle purring away unnecessarily and write up a ticket?
Make no mistake, vehicle exhaust is a major pollutant.
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