Re: [ihc] diesel trucks

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 12:01 PM 8/16/04, Dan Nees wrote:
>Here in NJ there is a law, from the Department of Environmental
>Protection, that states that any vehicle left idling in a parking lot
>for more than THREE minutes can be fined $3000.00! This includes, and
>especially, diesel trucks, because the EPA has determined that diesel
>fumes are a carcinogen. Go figure. There is a current two week sweep of
>the state where the DEP is actively enforcing this law. According to the
>paper Sunday there have been 54 tickets given out so far.

Gee--more uniformed revenue collectors !!!

It would seem they have found an even easier, richer source of funds than
radar--and all they need is a uniform, a badge, and a cheapo stop watch,
none of those expensive radar guns required !!

How 'bout we just pass a law making being a thoughtless a$$hole a capital
offence ?? (Cops go first, though !!)

Greg

>On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 11:37, Ted Borck wrote:
>> What's with diesel pickup trucks sitting in parking lots with the engine
>> running, with no one in them?
>>
>
>> Saturday, while visiting my area's Home Depot "big box store", there must
>> have been 30 cummings, powerstroke, duramax, diesel powered pickup trucks
>> sitting in the parking lot, unoccupied, with their engines running.
>>
>> Is there a *real* reason for this - or are these guys playing "big diesel
>> powered truck like the big rigs" drivers?
>>
>
>--
>Dan Nees
>cookiedan@domain.elided