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100 <br />place the order, one to pay, and one to receive thefood. Such an approachcmdd shorten <br />the total length of time a vehicle is in queue, and thereby lead to both reduced idling <br />time and fewer acceleration /deceleration cycles. his described in -the follo�g section, <br />this Mud of management approach is receiving current interest as a means of. conllf <br />tro L% <br />both congestion and emissiorm <br />Interest also is increasing in more carefully managing the emissions of heavy -duty <br />vehicles while operating in the idle mode. For example, a law to restrict heavy -duty, <br />vehicle idling has been considered by the California legislature. As an example of the <br />third type of control, Volkswagen is working on an engine that may increase fuel ef- <br />ficiency by as much as 9d per cent, using measures such as computer control that shut <br />off the engine during idling and storing energy In a flywheel . to provide an instant <br />restart. <br />Case Study Exam199 <br />- Proposed Call%rnle Legislation to Undt Heavy Thick IdU g <br />The South Coast Air Quality Maitageaatent District (9CAQMD) has worked with the <br />California state legislatuere to develop legislation that would restrict truck id ttg. The <br />proposed law was developed by the California AB 2595 Teciudcal Advisory Group with <br />the coopesa6n.of the trucking industry (7). The trucking industry cooperated because <br />they believed that it would be better to have a single, consistent statewide law on heavy <br />duty vehicle idling than to have a number of possibly different regional orlocal regu- <br />lat iow. <br />The proposed law has two significant provisions. <br />• No person shall cause, allow, or permit the engine of a heavy -duty, motor vehicle to <br />idle for more than five consecutive minutes if the vehicle is not performing usef d <br />work. <br />m No person responsible for the shipping orreceiving of goods by a heavy-duty motor <br />vehicle shall operate a facHity in such a manner that causes, allows, or permits, a <br />heavy -duty motor veW to idle for mare tha:e flve'consecutivre minutes when the <br />vehicle is not perforating useful work. <br />The proposed ball contains exceptions for buses picking up passengers, motor vehicles <br />stopped in the line of traffic, snow removal equipment, and emergency, vehicles. It also <br />provides for the following exceptions that pertain especially to tr CI= <br />F.zfa�drd Vehie�t&iiirtg 4 <br />