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The City of Vaughan is idle-free, please
turn off your engine!
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By-law | News | Idling
Fact Sheet |
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Vaughan is committed to reducing vehicle emissions that contribute to smog and climate change that adversely affects our air quality and health by encouraging motorists to reduce vehicle idling. In June 2004, City Council passed an Anti-Idling by-law prohibiting the idling of vehicles for more than five consecutive minutes.
Reducing the City's footprint
A new City of Vaughan Employee policy requires all fleet vehicles to reduce their unnecessary idling and turn engines off after 1 minute, exceeding the City's Idling By-law.
Stayed tuned for the results
of our
Anti-Idling Poster Contest!
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 By-law
basics
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In Vaughan, idling is only permitted for 5 minutes
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A fine of $350 may be issued to any person convicted of an
offense
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You can report idling by calling 905-832-8505
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Click
here to view the by-law
| Did you know? Idling longer than 10 seconds uses more fuel and produces
more CO2
compared to restarting the engine.
10 minutes of idling wastes an average of 100 litres
of gas and
produces approximately 197,830 grams of GHGs a year
Unnecessary idling wastes money and fuel, and produces
greenhouse
gases (GHGs) that contribute to climate change
If every motorist in the GTA reduced their idling time
by 5 minutes per day, it would be equivalent to taking
36,900 cars off the road every year |
Idling Facts
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With computer-controlled, fuel-injected engines, you need no more than 30 seconds of idling on winter days before driving away.
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The tires, transmission, wheel bearings and other moving parts also need to be warm for the vehicle to perform well. Most of these parts don't begin to warm up until the vehicle is in motion.
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Avoid high speeds and rapid acceleration for the first five kilometres. This lets the whole vehicle reach peak operating temperature as quickly as possible without paying a fuel penalty.
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Restarting a car many times has little impact on engine components such as the battery and the starter motor. The wear on parts that restarting the engine causes adds about $10 a year to the cost of driving - money that you'll likely recover several times over in fuel savings.
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Idling in the GTA wastes 90,686,277 litres of fuel per year.
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Idling in the GTA costs $72,893,715 in wasted fuel.
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If every motorist in the GTA reduced their idling time by 5 minutes per day, it would be equivalent to taking 36,900 cars off the road every year.
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Vehicle exhaust contains harmful volatile organic compounds (VOC), particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases, which contribute to urban smog, acid rain, poor air quality and a variety of health problems, such as asthma and heart disease.
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Children and the elderly are the most vulnerable to disease and health complications due to smog and poor air-quality.
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