Why is the woman next to me sitting in her car with the engine on?

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Just that really.
We've dropped off our kids at dance school and we're just waiting in the car park for the class to end. She's been sat there with her engine running for at least half an hour. I don't get how anyone can waste that much fuel! Does she not realise? I'm not going to tell her but does anyone else.do.that - and why would you?

I do it in our transit. No guarantee it’ll start again otherwise. It’s currently on ramps in the garden after being towed back from dingwall by my brother

I live near a dance school and a lot of the parents wait outside with their engines on and the headlights on full beam dazzling anyone trying to drive up the road - I understand they might want the heating or the radio on but surely there's need for the headlights!

On a public road I'm pretty sure it's actually an offence under the Road Traffic Act.

It's illegal isn't it?
Noise pollution- anti social

It’s terrible for kids to be coming out of school /dancing/football into atmosphere full of exhaust fumes. There are enough especially in built up areas and it’s been proven to affect kids with asthma. As a parent of asthmatic it annoys me outside schools as really there is no need for it. I make sure my car is warm on drive to school they are only in the car a few minutes so it spent need to be roasting warm for a few minutes. Most cars work radio/charger with the car off. Sad that people can’t sit without a Device for a few minutes really!!

My car has to be on to charge my phone. Drives me mad.

I listened to the radio for a short while without the engine running and it killed my battery stone dead (car is about 8 years old though so needed a new one anyway) but maybe she's worried about that. Although now I just don't listen to the radio while stationery as I agree with you and wouldn't leave my engine running for ages personally.

Antisocial as fuck. I live on a cul de sac next to a school and regularly tell parents parking outside my house to turn their engines off.
One of my neighbours was so ticked off he applied and got approval for double yellow lines for our whole street.
Serves those idling engine fuckers right - now they have to walk to do their pick- ups.

Only on a road

I do it to charge my phone when I'm stuck at some tedious shite activity such as dance classes and my battery is about to run out. No way am I sitting twiddling my thumbs with no device for an hour.

There’s more than enough electricity stored in your car’s battery to charge your phone many times over. You don’t need to run the engine to do it.

I like a constant 24C in the car as I almost always wear shorts and T-shirt if not going into the shops.
How about a jumper?

It pisses me off no end, especially outside my school or by school. Clearly fuel is still too cheap. If I see someone charging their phone with the engine on I’ll get ready to film them using it when they drive off so can report it, hopefully they’ll get some points.

So bad for the environment and her actually. She’s breathing in all the particulates while she is sitting there. Certainly wouldn’t do it with a child in the car. It’s also in the highways code not to leave cars engines running and in some areas you can be fined.

Honestly can’t believe some of the excuses for anti social and highly polluting behaviour on this thread. What an entitled world we live in.

Some really sad ppl commenting tonight….

Shut up!!
LOL, you made me spill my brandy. 😵

I see this all the time. People often sit with engines idling on our road because It's quiet and close to the hospital. Taxis too, turn the bloody engine off. So annoying!

My car battery died the other day while I was listening to the radio and had the fans on. Not risking that again!

In my car you do need the engine on to charge a phone, same in DHs car.

Leaving an engine idling is an offence under Section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The Act enforces rule 123 of the Highway Code, which states, “You must not leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while the vehicle is stationary on a public road.”23 Sept 2020

If the lady is on a public road, then it's illegal.
If she's in a private car park then there's nothing you can do.

Environmentally , it's very selfish.

Someone at work does this in their lunch hour. It's really annoying

My car does NOT charge battery on phone with engine off. Not even just with the ignition on.
Not that i do it for other reasons anyway but not all cars are the same

There are options other than running a car engine to piss about on the socials.

In my area, the car would be running with no one inside it.
I agree that obviously fuel is still very cheap for most people.

No way am I sitting twiddling my thumbs with no device for an hour.

See... I go for a walk, or a run. If I had a whole hour. Only very rarely would the weather be too terrible to go for a walk. Or drive home & do something productive for 30 minutes.

Jumper?