Usually, when you hear about a ban on idling, it’s trucks getting the short end of the exhaust pipe.
But in Indiana, car drivers are getting a taste of what more and more truckers go through on a regular basis.
In the town of Lawrence, IN, which sits on the northeast side of Indianapolis, a proposed ordinance would forbid car drivers from idling their cars in the morning to warm the vehicles up, The Indianapolis Star reported.
The complaints from residents (now that the shoe’s on the other foot) may sound familiar. Among them, as told to The Star:
The ordinance, according to the newspaper report, was designed to prevent cars from being stolen while they are idling.