The city of Nancy fines drivers who leave their engine on

Leaving your engine on when stationary or parked is now punishable by a fine of 135 euros in the city of Nancy. The town hall has published a communicated on Twitter on August 12, stating that “Mathieu Klein, socialist mayor of Nancy, issued a municipal order prohibiting drivers from leaving their engines running […] out of traffic“. This measure aims not only toprotect public health” of Nancy but also to preserve “energy sobriety“.

The city took inspiration from its European neighbors such as London, Belgium and Switzerland, where turning off your engine has become an obligation. In France, a ministerial decree of November 12, 1963 specifies that “parked vehicles must have their engine stopped, except in case of necessity, in particular during cold starts“. Registered in the Highway Code, a breach leads to a reduced fine of 90 euros to the offenders. At the beginning of 2020, the Rhône gendarmerie mentioned “an unrecognized offense», while Mathieu Klein mentions a «measure fallen into disusewhich is therefore not applied in cities.

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In Nancy, this decreevoluntarist” and “pedagogic» «does not apply to personal rescue vehicles, public service and intervention vehicles, refrigerated trucks transporting foodstuffs, nor to the preheating of engines in the event of sub-zero temperatures“.