Facts about Idling by Lucas Bybee

A popular misconception is that idling your car uses less gas than turning it off and restarting. The truth is, if you are going to be sitting more than 30 seconds, it is more fuel efficient to turn your engine off. Idling also causes more wear and tear on engine parts.

Idling wastes fuel, wears down engine components and puts harmful emissions into the air.

 Links

http://www.spokanecleanair.org/no_idle_zone.asp

 http://www.cleanaircampaign.org/Kids-Schools/Become-a-Clean-Air-School!/Programs/No-Idling-Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To ensure healthy environmental conditions at Trident Academy, middle school students conducted a "No Idle Zone" campaign at the school's drop-off/pick-up zone. To start, students collected idling data for one week and found that 64% of cars/trucks were idling for more than 30 seconds.  They created an informative flier and pledge cards to hand out to parents in the pick up / drop off line.  Grant money was used to purchase a metal "No Idling" sign. 

 

Students were filmed by Charleston County's Project CARE program for a Fox Channel 24 environmental segment.

Photo credit: DHEC Champions of the Environment.