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Removing engine idling time from our car journeys like taking 1.6 million cars off the road
Are you in the habit of letting your engine idle? It is a question dividing motorists as a campaign grows to reduce vehicle emissions.
“Unfortunately, there are no laws in Australia at present to prevent people from idling,” Claire Walter, PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, told ABC Radio Sydney’s Cassie McCullagh.
“There is no public awareness either.
Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency said engine idling complaints can only be handled as noise complaints.
Ms Walter said this made it difficult to regulate, or even prove, how unnecessary it…
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