Leaving car running

[lavender27]

Is it right for someone to leave their car running for a long time, in residential area, when they are not about to drive off. Not sure if anyone was in the car or not , the fumes were coming into my living room, I shut the window. It was running for about 10 minutes and this has happened before. I am not sure who this car belongs to.

[P.O.U.S.theWonderCat]

Why not leave a polite note on their windscreen? They may not have intended to be so long or be aware of the fumes.

[TheArtfulDogger]

I find potatoes a wonderful vegetable

Especially when shoved up an exhaust pipe (although I am not suggesting anything here)

[rendelharris]

It is illegal to leave your engine idling whilst stationary for any appreciable period (Road Traffic Act section 42 says Google) - ?40 fine. If it's left idling unattended I believe I'm right in saying that the absent driver can be charged with driving without due care or failing to maintain control of a vehicle, something like that. Though as POUS says, a polite word or note first might do the trick.

[titch juicy]

One of my pet hates. I usually say something- politely, think of the children/fumes etc.

[rendelharris]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> I find potatoes a wonderful vegetable

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> Especially when shoved up an exhaust pipe

> (although I am not suggesting anything here)

Enough about your hobbies Dogger!

[ruffers]

It's an invitation to drive it away really isn't it?

[*Bob*]

aint gonna fall for no banana in the tailpipe

[lavender27]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> aint gonna fall for no banana in the tailpipe

Thank you all for your advice, polite is my second name, I can manage that.

Love that film *Bob* , where is Eddie Murphy these days.

[malumbu]

Its a no brainer. Sadly there are a lot of people with no brain. It wastes fuel and adds to pollution. Sadly the cops wont take action (in fact many of them have no brains too) but some local authorities do get their enforcement officers to do so. FPN.

If you ask a no-brain to carry out a no-brainer action and turn it off, you are likely to get abuse.

Cars are being progressively fitted with stop start which will switch the engine off.

You no longer need to let cars warm up.

Many leave them idling whilst tbey make a call or on one recent occasion smoke a joint. For once I would have been happy to grass (ha ha) on them if a bizzy had come by.

[Salsaboy]

If there is nobody in it, surely your duty as a good citizen in order to prevent crime is to remove the key from the ignition so that nobody can steal the car.

Don't forget to lock it. Preferably with the key inside.

[natty01295]

Stuff a newspaper in there

[lavender27]

again