New Texas Idle Laws

Texas has passed the no idle law. The whole state is included in the enforcement area, but State officials will not be enforcing it. Instead several cities and counties has signed a agreement with the TCEQ ( Texas Commission for Environmental Quality ) to begin enforcement starting on Sep. !st of this year. The law calls for enforcement from April 1st thru Oct. 1st of each calendar year. Which is the 'ozone season in Texas. This produces a major problem for drivers who either run in the area or deliver there. When it is hot outside a truck can get twenty degrees hotter inside, so a outside temp of 90 degrees will be around 110 + inside the truck. The TMTA ( Texas Motor Transport Assoc. ) is fighting to put back the sleeper berth time exemption in the law, but has had three bills killed. Not by non support, but by it being lumped in with other bills. They are trying to Get the TCEQ to add the sleeper berth exemption, but it wont happen before the Sep. 1st enforcement date. I will post a link to the TCEQ site . In the search area in the upper right corner type in the word idling and it will give u the info for the new law. The fines vary per city and county. Most of the enforcement will be on the IH35 corridor from Dallas To San Antonio. I will keep you up dated with all the info I can. Be safe and keep those wheels rollin' -- Backlash