Well, I was interested until that last line.
Yeah, no doubt. They are complex. Some years ago I was close to getting one. Solves a lot of issues in winter. If one is going to car camp in winter they’re pretty nice.Well, I was interested until that last line.
OMG. I just looked up no idling laws. Here's MA:
The law states that a car cannot be idling more than 5 minutes unless it is being serviced or it is being used to deliver or accept goods where engine assisted power is necessary. If someone is caught, they can be levied with a $100 fine for the first offense and up to $500 for subsequent offenses.
In NH it's more reasonable:
New Hampshire regulations help to minimize the health and environmental impacts of idling by establishing a limit on the amount of time that engines are permitted to idle. ... If the outside temperature is between –10°F and 32°F, maximum idling time is 15 minutes. Below –10°F there is no limit.
This is what I found for VT:
Motor Vehicle Idling Law (V.S.A. Title 23 Chapter 013 Section 01110). Act 57 was signed into law in May 2013 and includes a provision that, effective May 1, 2014, limits all motor vehicle idling to five minutes in any 60 minute period with some exceptions.
Then there's this. Puts a damper on Your Car is Your Baselodge.
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It stands empty and unmaintained. It's an abandoned athletic center for condo and home owners on the mountain, as I understand. I have no idea if there are plans for ever using it.Fat chance they start enforcing idling laws anytime soon.
Either way those are some tough working conditions. What is Bretton Woods doing with the big vacant building near 302? That would be a good spot if you can get a ride
It stands empty and unmaintained. It's an abandoned athletic center for condo and home owners on the mountain, as I understand. I have no idea if there are plans for ever using it.
Hah, definitely. But if you’re in a state where the ski school requires you to wait in the car, yet you legally can’t idle for long, there’s a good case for just complaining to a state rep or labor board.Fat chance they start enforcing idling laws anytime soon.
Requires a shuttle. That's a no-go.That was my understanding. Plenty of space for staff to break.
If the police in RI enforced it when idling to keep 70 kids warm I would expect 25 ski instructors sitting in their running car for 30+ minutes would be a problem.
Again, great call by James. I have zero doubt that the “Commonwealth” will be all over it. Otoh plastic bags were allowed again so maybe several hundred cars idling at ski areas, hockey rinks etc etc will be cool - covid19 environment be damned!
I taught last year and was asked to return this year. No go. Like @LiquidFeet , the area where I taught is owned by a hotel chain (Southern Management) so they develop a lot of the Covid protocol.Instructors must have heard by now about protocols their ski schools are putting into action to minimize transmission of the virus between instructors and guests.
Anybody want to say what's changed and new at your ski school? Do you think the new rules are going to work?