One of nursery staff left their car running

[EnglishBrits]

Whilst she went into side to drop of her children. It was off nursery premises and she works part time and children attend the nursery as well.

Aibu to report it? She does it daily.

Idling vehicles are illegal. Council officers have to witness it to give an Fpn. If I were you id just mind my own business.

It is illegal.

Meh, just move it whilst she's inside....

I would be surprised if the council or police have time to investigate it. How long does it take to drop off her kids? It’s stupid because someone can just come and drive her car away, but I think all you can do is tell her it’s illegal, maybe she doesn’t realise. Or maybe she doesn’t care if it’s an electric car?

That’s what I was just thinking.

What do you want to report? That she’s draining her fuel in a fuel crisis 🤣 report her to your nearest petrol station please 🙏🏻

My car is a Hyundai Kona (non-plug in hybrid) and the engine is super quiet when idling.

On more than one occasion I’ve put the car in ‘Park’ mode, pulled the parking brake lever…..and then got out of the car, totally forgetting to press the ON/OFF switch. Actually I left my car running in my driveway for about 30 minutes one day without realising.

It never happened when I had other cars where you actually put the car key in the ignition.

Perhaps this is what happened when the mum was dropping her kids off?

The offence committed is called ‘quitting’. I’m concerned so many people on here don’t seem to realise it’s an offence. But no I wouldn’t report. She may learn her lesson though if it gets stolen.

Full offence here.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/107

in before it turns out there was 3 dogs and a baby left inside

I guess you could tell the police this is happening every day. It would be an easy conviction for them to get.

Can't you just offer to help her instead? Maybe take her kid into the nursery so she doesn't have to do that with the car.

When did we become so critical and unhelpful towards each other?

Maybe she's got a dodgy battery or starter motor

Yes it happens where I live. People arrive to collect their kids from school about an hour ahead of time (I am sure they could walk in far less time!), park on the pavement and leave their engines running.

Clearly fuel isn't expensive enough yet!

Presumably due to the fumes and toddlers walking nearby.

No one should be leaving their car idling. But no worse that she did it than anyone else.

Was there a toddler in the car that you feared might take it on a joyride, op?

Leaving a car running..... Yeah all well until her kid in the back of the car goes on the handbrake and her car crushes a kid????

Do we normally leave cars running whilst we aren't in the drievrs seat?

I personally would never as I would be worried about it being stolen.

It might have been helpful if you had mentioned the kid in the back seat in your original post 🙄

Just go in the car and turn the engine off once, it will probably do the trick.

Exactly.
Your OP was missing this vital piece of information @EnglishBrits

No dogs, one toddler drip feed.

I can't work out if you're worried about the handbrake being let off (which would be possible even if the engine wasn't running in plenty of cars) or about the kids being alone in the car?

Is there any reason why you can't just ask her not to leave her car running and let her know why it's a bad idea?