TIL my city's planning to restrict diesel idling in residential zones

Everyone on my street is cheering for less noise and fumes... but I see trucks needing to warm up properly, especially in cold months, and this feels like a fix that creates more problems. How do you handle local rules that might not consider real mechanic needs?

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the_jesse7d ago

Man, this happens all the time with regulations. They make sense on paper but miss how things work in real life. Like when my apartment complex banned grills on balconies for fire safety, but now everyone just uses them illegally in the parking lot. Or noise ordinances that fine you for music after 10 pm, but ignore the construction noise at 6 am. It's like the people making rules don't talk to the folks living with them. Idk, maybe it's just me but we need more common sense in these policies.

knight.gavin7d ago

Modern diesels really don't need that long idle time people think. Mechanics will tell you thirty seconds is plenty for oil to circulate, then driving gently warms it up faster. The real fix for cold weather is an engine block heater, not idling for twenty minutes.