Idling Gets You Nowhere

Turn your engine off when stopped for more than 10 seconds.

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Idling leads to AIR POLLUTION and HEALTH PROBLEMS

• We each take 20,000 breaths every day. Children breathe 50% more air than adults.
• Car exhaust contains toxic chemicals that impair our lungs and hearts.
• Breathing car exhaust increases the risk of death from heart and lung disease and lung cancer—especially for children, the elderly and people with asthma.
• Asthma symptoms increase as a result of air pollution and car exhaust:
  • Asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15.
  • More and more children are being diagnosed with asthma each year. We estimate that 20% of children in Cleveland have asthma.
  • Almost $15 million were spent in the U.S. in 2006 on asthma-related hospital care, physicians’ services and prescription drugs.

Idling WASTES FUEL and is EXPENSIVE

• Idling for 10 seconds or more uses more gas than restarting your engine.
• One hour of idling burns up to a gallon of fuel.
• Restarting your engine frequently has little impact on your engine. 

Idling HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT

• Car exhaust includes carbon dioxide (CO2). Excessive amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere can increase global warming. 
• For each gallon of gas your car burns, it releases about 19 pounds of CO2.

What is idling?

Idling means leaving a vehicle’s engine running when it is stopped, in park or not in use. Have you ever left your car running while

• waiting to pick someone up?
• running errands?
• “warming up” your car?

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