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Idling Bill * USA - May see support from truckers
Augusta,ME,USA -Blethen Maine Newspapers/Central Maine Morning Sentinel, by PAUL CARRIER -18 Jan 2008: -- A trade group for the trucking industry may join environmentalists in backing a bill to limit idling by commercial trucks and buses, as supporters try to make Maine the 14th state to penalize drivers who leave their engines running while they are parked... Environmentalists and the American Lung Association of Maine see the bill as a way to reduce pollution and save energy. Dale Hannington of the Maine Motor Transport Association said, his association is inclined to support it because it includes exemptions that should make it work for truckers. The bill would allow an occupied commercial truck to idle for longer than five minutes to heat or cool while the driver waits to load or unload. It also includes exemptions for certain circumstances, such as traffic jams, when an engine must run to operate mixing or other equipment, or when a driver cools or heats a sleeper berth in a truck...
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