Corrections

Correction log

• October 29, 2026, Colorado idling law: The page said Colorado sets no statewide fine and that the standard applies only where localities adopt it. CRS §42-14-106 makes a violation a class B traffic infraction (up to $150 first, up to $500 after, plus a $20 surcharge), and the standard applies statewide to diesel vehicles over 14,000 lbs; local adoption is needed only for loading locations.
• October 29, 2026, Washington, D.C. idling law: The page said the 3-minute rule covers all gasoline and diesel vehicles. Private passenger vehicles are exempt (20 DCMR §900.1(a)). The fine was given as $500; that is the first offense, and the schedule runs $500, $1,000, $2,000 and $4,000. The photo requirements and an enforcement statistic with no official source were also corrected or removed.
• October 29, 2026, California idling law: The page said civil penalties start at $300; that minimum applied to violations before 2015, and CARB now says up to $1,000 per day. Auxiliary power units were listed as an exemption; they are separately limited near homes and schools. An unsourced claim about CARB enforcement sweeps was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Illinois idling law: The page listed an exception for vehicles within 200 feet of a residential area. No such exception exists: §11-1429(j) is a stricter rule for certain truck lots near homes. The largest exemption, no limit below 32°F or above 80°F, was missing, and the weight threshold is 8,000 lbs and up, not over 8,000.
• October 29, 2026, Ohio idling law: The page said Ohio has no state idling rule. Ohio Adm. Code 3301-83-20(A)(11) limits diesel school bus idling in school loading zones to 5 minutes. Ohio Rev. Code 122.861 funds diesel emission and clean school bus grants, not transit-bus replacement as the page said.
• October 29, 2026, Arizona idling law: The page gave only a $100 first-offense penalty; ARS §11-876(D) sets $300 for a second or later violation. The 5-minute limit comes from Maricopa County Ordinance P-21, not the statute, and P-21 applies county-wide, not only in the former Area A.
• October 29, 2026, Washington idling law: The page said Washington has no idling law at all. WAC 173-423-081 adopts California’s 5-minute truck rule, but only as a requirement on manufacturers of 2026 and later trucks, so it cannot be used against drivers. The weight allowance for idle-reduction equipment is now quoted as the regulation states it.
• October 29, 2026, Pennsylvania idling law: The sleeper-berth exemption expired May 1, 2010, and Act 124 has no general exemption for idle-reduction alternatives; the page listed both. The weight threshold is gross weight, not GVWR, and the 15-space threshold applies only to the signage duty: liability reaches any place trucks load, unload or park.
• October 29, 2026, New Jersey idling law: The cold-weather allowance (15 minutes below 25°F after 3 hours stopped) applies to diesel vehicles only, and school buses do not get the traffic-queue exemption; the page applied both to every vehicle. An unsourced line about NJDEP enforcement priorities was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Maryland idling law: The page said there is no fixed fine. The District Court’s preset fine for this offense is $70 including the surcharge, with a $500 maximum if contested.
• October 29, 2026, Virginia idling law: The page gave the 10-minute allowance to tour buses generally. The regulation allows 10 minutes for tour buses only to run air conditioning in hot weather, and for diesels to minimize restart problems. An unsourced line about local police enforcement was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Georgia idling law: The page described O.C.G.A. 32-6-27 as a flat 550-lb weight exemption. It reduces the weight used to calculate overweight penalties by the device’s certified weight or 550 lbs, whichever is less, and requires proof.
• October 29, 2026, Massachusetts idling law: The page gave the first-offense fine as $100; the statute says not more than $100. A claim that the law is about 60 years old had no official source and was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Rhode Island idling law: The page named RIDEM as the enforcing agency. By statute (§23-23-29.5) state and local police, parking enforcement, RIDEM and the DMV all enforce the limit.
• October 29, 2026, Delaware idling law: The page gave $500 to $1,500 for repeat violations as the regulation’s penalty. That tier appears only on DNREC’s web page; the regulation itself says $50 to $500 per offense. Each figure is now attributed to its source.
• October 29, 2026, Texas idling law: The page said the rule covers motor vehicles generally. Vehicles of 14,000 lbs GVWR or less are exempt, and the exemptions are in 30 TAC §114.517, not §114.512.
• October 29, 2026, Florida idling law: The page implied Florida never had an idling rule. DEP Rule 62-285.420 set a 5-minute limit for heavy-duty diesels from December 2008 until its repeal in February 2012. A 2,000-lb natural-gas weight figure that is not in the current statute was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Connecticut idling law: An exemption for vehicles carrying students with special needs was attributed to the idling regulation; it is in the school bus statute, CGS §14-277(b). The regulation citation is (b)(3)(C), and the cited regulation text was a 2004 version that predates the 2016 and 2018 amendments.
• October 29, 2026, New York State idling law: The page said to report idling to DEC regional air offices or police; DEC directs reports to its 24-hour Environmental Conservation Officer dispatch line. A claim that New York’s penalties are the steepest of any state had no source and was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Vermont idling law: The page said the limit covers all motor vehicles. Vehicles of 10,000 lbs GVWR or less idling on private driveways and lots are exempt (23 V.S.A. §1110(a)(2)(K)). A claim that Vermont’s law is the mildest in the country had no source and was removed.
• October 29, 2026, Minnesota idling law: A claim that Minnesota offers incentives for idle-reduction technology rested only on a federal summary table and was removed.
• October 29, 2026, NYC idling bounty calculator: The estimate multiplied the average imposed penalty as if every upheld penalty were paid. The award comes out of the proceeds collected, and default judgments, which carry the largest penalties, are only about 41% paid. The calculator now applies the collection rate of violation years that have had at least four full years to pay, which lowers the default monthly estimate by about a fifth.
• October 29, 2026, No-insurance ticket in Michigan: The page described the offense only as a misdemeanor under MCL 500.3102. The same conduct can be charged as a civil infraction under MCL 257.328, which can bring a court-ordered license suspension and a hold on the vehicle’s plate. Both routes are now covered, and a law-firm source was replaced with the Michigan Legislature’s text.
• October 29, 2026, No-insurance ticket in Pennsylvania: The license suspension was stated as automatic; under 75 Pa.C.S. §1786(d)(1) it applies when the vehicle was driven, or its driving permitted, without coverage. The dismissal field described a payment option that is not a dismissal; it now gives the five-day proof defense in §1786(g)(1).
• October 29, 2026, No-insurance ticket in Indiana: The page said a coverage lapse during the SR22 period restarts the clock. Under IC 9-25-6-3(h) a lapse brings the suspension back. It also now explains that the suspension runs through a BMV request for proof, not the ticket itself.
• October 29, 2026, No-insurance tickets hub and license suspension page: Both said 12 states were verified and that nine reach the license or registration. Fourteen are verified, and 12 can: Illinois, New Jersey and Michigan were missing from the count.
• October 28, 2026, Accident video in Massachusetts: The title gave the public records deadline as “10 Days”, which reads as calendar days. G.L. c. 66 §10 gives 10 business days; the title now says so.
• October 8, 2026, Expired registration in Missouri: The page called the offense an infraction. It is a Class B misdemeanor under RSMo 301.020.6, priced at $50.50 plus court costs on the uniform fine schedule.
• October 8, 2026, Expired registration in Georgia: The page described county decal fines that HB 551 repealed when it rewrote O.C.G.A. §40-2-8, effective January 1, 2026. It now describes the current statute.
• October 8, 2026, Expired registration in Florida: The page said county schedules set the fine. Fla. Stat. §318.18(2) sets a statewide $30.
• October 8, 2026, Expired registration in North Carolina: The page said the offense requires willfulness. G.S. 20-111(1) has no willfulness element.
• October 8, 2026, Expired registration in California and Virginia: Statute citations corrected on both pages, and a dead link to Virginia’s court rule replaced.
• September 2, 2026, Expired registration in Virginia: Corrected to say the fine is fixed statewide by court rule and only the processing fee varies by court. The Fairfax total is $92, not $25.

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