Idle Time

Leaving your car running while making a quick stop at the local gas station may soon be illegal. Idle-Free Vermont, is a non-profit, grassroots campaign that has formed a partnership with The American Lung Association, Green Mountain Coffee and The Sierra Club in hopes of making Vermont idle-free.

As of right now, there is a bill in works that will prohibit diesel trucks weighing more than ten thousand pounds  from idling. This bill proposes violators receive up to $500.00 in fines. However that bill exempts military, emergency, fuel delivery and non-commercial passenger cars.

According to the Idle-Free Vermont website, there are several reasons why idling your car is dangerous. As of February 2, 2010, the bill was given to the Committee of Transportation to revise.

News7 reporter Nick Barnets and photojournalist Dan Crowley bring you more.