Thibaud Hue 10:05 a.m., August 17, 2022, modified at 10:07 a.m., August 17, 2022
It is now officially forbidden to leave the engines of parked or stationary vehicles running, in Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle).
The town hall has indeed issued a decree to this effect on Friday August 12.
However, the measure had been in force throughout the country since 1963, but fell into oblivion.
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 published a press release on Twitter on August 12, stating that "Mathieu Klein, socialist mayor of Nancy, has issued a municipal decree prohibiting drivers from leaving their engines running [...] outside of traffic".
#press release The City of Nancy reminds drivers of the ban on leaving their engine running while parked or stopped outside of traffic.
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— City of Nancy (@VilledeNancy) August 12, 2022
A measure against energy waste
This measure aims not only to "protect the public health" of Nancy residents, but also to preserve "energy sobriety".
"It is indeed a phenomenon that we see near shops, schools. But I think we can all notice this habit that drivers have taken", testifies Mathieu Klein at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"The objective is not to verbalize"
"We know that exhaust gases are partly responsible for the deterioration of air quality. So, we have a public health objective here. After the summer we are experiencing, well, it's also a common-sense measure against energy waste. Emergency vehicles, of course, and refrigerated delivery vehicles are exempt from the municipal decree", he specifies.
"The objective is not necessarily to verbalize. The objective is not to fill the coffers of the City. There has been no verbalization at all at this time, and it is even to be hoped that 'there never is'.