Idling is when you leave your car’s engine running while not moving. Long thought to be better for your car than shutting it down, idling actually gets you nowhere. Here’s why you should turn off your ...

You’re right about everything except harming the engine. These days, with fuel injection and computer engine management, cars and trucks can idle until they run out of gas without doing any extra ...

You need to understand how to save gas while driving if you want to bring down your fuel bill, but exactly what can you do?

Question: I have a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado S10 and, lately, the engine has been surging while at an idle. I was told this could be a “dirty ETV valve.” Does that sound right? What else might be the ...

In my letter about auto emissions (Aspen Daily News, Dec. 18), I wanted to raise awareness of health issues related to idling for the purpose of warming the car and defrosting the windshield. Mr.

A Salt Lake City-area school district is urging school bus drivers not to let their engines idle while waiting for children in the school pickup line. They also urge parents to cut their car engines.

Not long ago, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrived at work on Capitol Hill to find a line of SUVs waiting to pick up their passengers. Firing off a letter to President Bush, Grassley wrote that ...

Passing laws is one thing; enforcing them is another. Enter New York City’s idling rule, meant to improve the city’s air quality by prohibiting drivers from running their engines when they’re not ...

We’ve all heard the idea: In winter, your car needs a little time to warm up before you can drive it. And that’s why across the United States, people who live in cold and snowy places and especially ...

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“AG”) filed a December 10th Complaint for Violation of Engine Idling Regulations (“Complaint”) against Greyhound Lines, Inc. (“Greyhound”) in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROACHDALE, Ind. — Mary Cardwell moved to ...