It’s Illegal To Leave Your Car Running to Warm It Up In CNY

Is the cold and snowy weather turning you into a lawbreaker? Here's how warming up your car is illegal in CNY.

We all do it, our car is covered in snow and ice, and we have to drive someplace, so we start our car to warm it up, we run back inside the house because, well, it's cold. And that's how we're breaking the law in CNY.

Starting the engine and leaving the car unattended with the keys in the ignition is against the law.

Bill Number: S1210. Unattended motor vehicle.

(a) No person driving or in charge
of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first
stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the
vehicle, and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing
upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the
highway, provided, however, the provision for removing the key from the
vehicle shall not require the removal of keys hidden from sight about
the vehicle for convenience or emergency.
(b) A driver may, for the purpose of getting away from the place of
standing, move another vehicle which is so placed he cannot get his
vehicle out; provided, however, that immediately thereafter he shall
reset the brake and, if on a grade, turn the front wheels to the curb or
side of the highway. This privilege is subject to the limitation set
forth in subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred two.
(c) Towing agencies, which remove vehicles unlawfully parked on
private property at request of the owner of the premises and without the
written consent of the owner of the vehicle, shall immediately notify
the local police station house having jurisdiction over the area where
such vehicle was unlawfully parked, of the description of the car which
was removed, and the time of removal.