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The Costs of Idling
The Costs of Idling
Idling is a common behavior within the long-distance trucking community. Truckers may choose to leave their engines on or activate an auxiliary power supply in order to keep their cabs comfortable when the vehicle is stationary. Unfortunately, this idling can have hidden costs for trucking companies, and may even lead to legal repercussions.
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Idling: Costs and Risks
The most obvious cost of idling is gasoline. It takes gas to run an engine, even if the vehicle is not moving. Though some truck cabs have internal, auxiliary electrical systems, these often run on diesel fuel as well. Today's gas prices are enough of a drain on truck company finances without adding the extra cost of idling. In addition, idling can cause wear and tear on fan belts and air conditioning systems.
But even these costs pale in comparison to the legal fines that states are beginning to levy against truckers who idle their engines. As of 2008, the following states had restrictions on engine idling:
- Arizona (some jurisdictions)
- California (statewide)
- Colorado (some jurisdictions)
- Connecticut (statewide)
- Delaware (statewide)
- Georgia (some jurisdictions)
- Hawaii (statewide)
- Illinois (some jurisdictions)
- Maryland (statewide)
- Massachusetts (statewide)
- Minnesota (some jurisdictions)
- Missouri (some jurisdictions)
- Nevada (statewide)
- New Hampshire (statewide)
- New Jersey (statewide)
- New York (statewide)
- Pennsylvania (some jurisdictions)
- Rhode Island (statewide)
- Texas (some jurisdictions)
- Utah (statewide)
- Virginia (statewide)
The list of states with idling regulations is growing steadily. The best bet for truckers is to avoid idling for longer than a couple of minutes. The costs of a citation can be in the hundreds of dollars, a substantial sum in today's economy.
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