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LAWS * USA - Anti-idling truck law goes into effect
Friday was a red-letter day for the Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania, as the legislation they fought for finally went into effect
Carlisle,Perry County,Shippensburg,PENN,USA -The Sentinel, by Heather Stauffer -February 9, 2009: -- As of Friday, most trucks and buses are no longer allowed to sit with their engines running for more than five minutes out of every hour... The enactment of statewide legislation was sweet and long-awaited news for members of the Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania (CAB), which advocated such a bill for two years before it was passed in October 2008... However, CAB member Tom Benjey said, hourly air quality readings provided by a new partnership between CAB, Carlisle Regional Medical Center and The Sentinel have given observers a bit of a surprise, occasionally registering in the “unhealthy” range over the past month, even though the levels are supposed to be lowest in winter... CAB members aren’t the only people happy to see the new legislation go into effect. Jim Runk is president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Motor Trucking Association, and he said the group worked with CAB on the bill...
* Pennsylvania Ban On Truck Idling Irks Drivers
Bridgeville,Pa,USA -MSNBC/The Pittsburgh Channel/lWTAE-TV 4, by Amber Nicotra -Feb. 9, 2009: -- Pennsylvania's newest law that limits how much time a truck or bus driver can spend idling his or her vehicle is not sitting well with local truck drivers... Gov. Ed Rendell said the new law will save on gas and cut down on pollution, but drivers claim it comes at a cost to them... Researchers at Harvard found that cleaner air added about five months to life expectancy over two decades... The Harvard study tracked pollution and death rates in 51 cities, including Pittsburgh, and found that decreasing pollution by about one-third leads to longer lives. In cities that cleaned up the most, including Pittsburgh, residents added as much as 10 extra months to their lives... But during the hot summer months, many truck drivers leave their engines running to keep the air conditioning cranked. In the winter, they do the same to keep the heat pumping... Some drivers said they feel the new law recently signed by Rendell is too restrictive and creates a health hazard for them...Labels: laws and bills USA
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Get ready to sweat come summer time.
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