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EXPOSED I CBC News Feds revamp stance on idling after meeting with drive -thm grow.. Page 4 of 7 <br />24 <br />scientific evidence," she said. "And we were seeing some municipalities that <br />were focusing on the health impacts of idling based on information that was <br />incorrect and misleading." <br />The association argues Natural Resources Canada didn't put enough weight <br />on pollution caused by a puff of contaminants produced when an engine is <br />restarted after being shut down. <br />Reynolds said some of that misleading information on the "Idle -Free Zone" <br />site has now been corrected, but the site still "lacks balance." <br />In particular, she said, it doesn't deal with other driving behaviours that cause <br />greenhouse gas and pollution emissions, such as excessive speeding, rapid <br />acceleration and poor vehicle maintenance. <br />'What I would like to see is that Natural Resources Canada put the same <br />amount of emphasis on these other driving behaviours that they do on idling," <br />Reynolds said. <br />With regards to idling, the changes to the site will have an impact on <br />municipalities, Ottawa city Coun. C1ive.Doucet said. <br />"It's gonna make it harder for every city politician to make the argument that <br />we need to have restrictive legislation on idling. It's not good news for cities <br />anywhere," said Doucet, who pushed hard for an anti - idling bylaw in Ottawa. <br />A bylaw banning idling for more than three minutes in Ottawa went into <br />effect on Jan. 1, 2008. <br />With the aim of reducing pollution from idling cars, a number of cities in <br />Canada — including London, Ont., North Vancouver and Sarnia, Ont. — are <br />thinking about making it tougher for restaurants to build new drive - thrus. <br />Gordon Taylor, an engineering consultant who has done air - quality studies for <br />Natural Resources Canada, suggested that the restaurant association could be <br />taking another approach to deal with criticism of drive - thrus. <br />"I think the restaurant association should have some kind of a pro - active <br />campaign to say, `Hey, if there's a big long lineup, consider walking in the <br />door.' " <br />http: / /www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008 /08 /11 /ot- drivethm- 080811.himl <br />No Comments <br />No comments yet. <br />Comments RS S TrackBack Identifier iJRi <br />Leave a comment <br />,..,,1 -. -,..A_Pl, - „PU..Q- fPicz- revamn- stance -on- idling- after -... 2/13/2009 <br />