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Synonyms for idling

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for idling

having no employment

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We propose citizens receiving 25 per cent of any fine issued for engine idling in Clean Air Zones if they provide photo and video evidence of it to the local council, which is what happens in New York.
'Motor vehicle engine idling pollutes the atmosphere, affects the health of the people, destroys the environment, and wastes fuel,' it added.
Estimates are the software reduces emissions and fuel use by 6% as the average vehicle sits idling for an hour per day, Schneider said.
NACFE said that a 10 percent reduction in idling is worth about 1 percent in fuel economy, or between $500 and $700 per year in fuel savings at $3 per gallon on a truck driven 100,000 miles.
Urging people to be careful, the ROP has said that drivers should turn off idling engines as a safety measure even if it is for a minute.
An ordinance filed and authored by Councilor Angelo Agcaoili has banned the idling of gasoline- or diesel-powered motor vehicles in the city for over three minutes.
While a car produces fewer pollutants when idling than it does while moving, there's still an environmental impact.
According to the council, a car idling for one minute produces enough exhaust emissions containing harmful chemicals to fill 150 balloons.
We should know that an idling car can release as much pollution as a moving car.
NO IDLING: ALABAMA ASTHMA PROGRAM INTERVENTION EVALUATION REPORT DEBRA HODGES, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (ADPH), AND ELLEN B.
The statistic shown in Table 1 concludes that a taxi spends as much as 53% of its active time idling (e.g.