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100 <br />place the order, one to pay, and one to receive the food. Such 'an gpproachcould shorten <br />the total length of time a veNcle is in queue, and thereby lead to both reduced idling <br />time end fewer acceleration /deceleration cycles. As described in the following section, <br />this kind of management approach is receiving current interest as a means of controlling <br />both congestion and emissions <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 />thirst type o Volkswagen control, ids workin og n an engine that may Increase lfuelthe <br />ef- <br />fidency by as much as 90 per cent, using measures such as computer control that shut <br />off the engine during idling and storing energy in a fiywheel. to provide' an instant <br />restart. <br />® Case Study Examp{tq <br />Proposed California legislation to Limit tfesury Truck telling <br />The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has worked with the <br />California state legislature to develop legislation that would restrict truck idlifug. The <br />proposed law was developed by the California AB 2595 Technical Adv#sory.Clroup with <br />the cooperation.of the trucking industry (2). 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 or local regu- <br />lations. <br />The proposed law has two significant provisions: <br />o 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 useful <br />work. <br />o No person responsible for the shipping orreceiving of goods by a heavy-duty motor <br />vehicle shall operate a facility in such a manner that causes, allows, or permits, a <br />heavy -duty motor vehicle to idle for more than five consecutive minutes when the <br />vehicle is not performing useful work. <br />The proposed bill 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 trucks: <br />4 <br />Esle,rdaiVdricle&Ring <br />