Madison, Wisconsin: Red light idling to be made illegal?

Sense of Events: Red light idling to be made illegal

Commission member Ewen Whaddarmie said that this ordinance was a first step in requiring all vehicles operated inside city limits to be designed so that engines would automatically shut down after 10 seconds of idling, and auto-restart when the accelerator pedal was pressed. "EZ-GO has been using the auto-off/auto-on system for its golf carts for many years," Whaddarmie said. "It's time Detroit and Tokyo got with the program."