LETTER – Three-minute idling bylaw needs to be thought through

Posted on June 20, 2018 in Feedback, Letters // 5 Comments

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Just a comment on the report of idling three-minute penalty.

I have a health condition where my body has to stay warm or my joints freeze up which is very painful. I have to receive injections to keep moving. So in the winter my husband will warm up our vehicle so I can go for a little drive to get out of the house. Sometimes he will run in for a few things and I have to keep the vehicle running.

Sometimes I just don’t think people think of these things when we make blanket calls. My well-being emotional and physical count also not just the environment. Thanks for listening.

SHIRLEY E. HELLQUIST

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5 Comments on LETTER – Three-minute idling bylaw needs to be thought through

R A George // June 20, 2018 at 12:05 PM // Reply

In extreme heat or very cold winter days this makes no sense whatsoever.

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Beverley Thies Campbell // June 20, 2018 at 11:52 AM // Reply

There must be bigger considerations on Council’s plate, for goodness sakes you bunch of small thinking ninnies.

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Robert Bruce // June 20, 2018 at 10:39 AM // Reply

This shows about as much thought as allowing the traffic to race down Valleyview drive. I’d like to see a time when we get some real thought on Council. This is a moronic law, and pretty hard to enforce. But they will have the cops out doing it. ( not like they don’t have enough to do) How about this? Get rid of this law, put up 2 stop signs at Comazzeto and at Vicars, retire from council as your too dumb to be there….that might work….

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Pierre // June 20, 2018 at 7:31 AM // Reply

Hopefully for the therapy a compact, fuel efficient four cylinders does it, not a gigantic V8.

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- Cynthia Friedman // June 20, 2018 at 9:49 AM // Reply
  
  Agree with Pierre (as usual). Three minutes’ warming should be enough to get a newer, fiesty car with heated seats all ready to go. But yes, your health and well being are as important as the environment. I hope you can get the supports needed. I would personally donate to a GoFundMe page for you to get a new car for these purposes, and if many others report the same condition, consideration of efficient vehicles as being heathy for people directly might be in order.
  
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