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GreenNews - USA - California air panel mulls rules on idling trucks
SanDiego,CAL,USA -SignOnSanDiego/REUTERS, by Leonard Anderson -Oct 14, 2005: -- California air quality regulators, in another step to reduce vehicle emissions, are weighing new rules to prohibit big-rig trucks with sleeping berths from idling their diesel engines while parked... The California Air Resources Board is due to decide on the rule on Oct. 20. If adopted, California would be the first state to require big sleeper trucks to shut off their engines during layovers, trucking industry officials said... The measure is drawing fire from industry groups and big carriers like privately held Schneider National Inc., which operates about 15,000 tractors and 50,000 trailers on the nation's highways... They say there are no efficient auxiliary power supplies currently available for sleeper trucks and a no-idling rule could threaten the safety of drivers who need to rest...
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