Idling Bylaw
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Bylaw 2008-95 will control the idling of vehicles and boats beginning July 1, 2008.
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As of July 1, 2008, any driver of a motorized vehicle or boat, caught idling in Kingston for more than three minutes — or five minutes when the temperature is below 5 degrees Celsius — may be subject to a fine (with few exceptions).
The scope of the Bylaw has been expanded to apply to the entire city (as opposed to just the city's centre) and to remove summer temperature exemptions. Those exemptions made it difficult for bylaw officers to enforce the Bylaw which is intended to reduce the city's share of green house gas emissions.
KEEP KINGSTON'S AIR CLEAN: DON'T IDLE
The City has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent (of year 2000 levels) by 2014. If all city drivers comply with the bylaw, Kingston could reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by almost a full per cent.
Idling-related facts:
- Every litre of gas you use produces 5 pounds of carbon dioxide.
- Ten seconds of idling uses more fuel than turning off your engine and restarting it.
- A recent study suggests that, in the peak of winter, Canadians idle their vehicles for a combined total of 75 million minutes a day.
