GreenNews - USA/Del. - Gets tough on emissions from idling trucks and buses
Diesel exhaust is region's greatest health hazard, researchers sayWilmington,DE,USA -The News Journal By JEFF MONTGOMERY, -Sept 1, 2006: -- Big rig and bus drivers will pay a price for keeping their engines running too long starting today as environmental police begin enforcing a more than year-old air quality regulation... The push targets tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery wagons and other heavier vehicles idling while parked anywhere in the state. Along with passenger cars, the bigger rigs produce the vast majority of the cancer-causing and smog-forming pollution drifting across the region's skies... Under the rules, drivers of vehicles 8,500 pounds and over face fines of $50 to $500 for first offenses if caught idling for longer than three minutes, with some exceptions. Penalties for subsequent offenses can range from $500 to $1,500... Long-haul trucks, transit buses, school buses and other large vehicles are covered under the regulation, although emergency vehicles are exempt... More than 25 states, cities and other communities have restricted idling time allowed for heavy duty vehicles, including Philadelphia, New Jersey and Connecticut... (Photo: The News Journal, by RON SOLIMAN: Buses wait for students this week at George Read Middle School near New Castle. One bus company said drivers already comply with DNREC rules because of fuel costs and the health hazards of exhaust emissions)
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