Leave a car running unattended in Georgia - get a ticket

[iambrutus]

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Some Forest Park residents are upset about an obscure state law against leaving a car running and unattended, now that police are fining violators in an effort to prevent car theft.

Louise Wood is one of 14 people ticketed since January by Forest Park police for violating Georgia code section 40-6-201. The ticket runs $168.

The 33-year-old law was meant to prevent cars from rolling away. In Forest Park, a city of 22,000 people in Clayton County, authorities have begun enforcing it in an effort to prevent auto theft.

Wood, a senior operations clerk at AT&T, said she warms up her car every chilly morning so her 6-year-old son won't have to get into a cold car.

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

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Anal check. Where's Thump?

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Damn, that sucks. Better start warming it up in the garage then.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

i believe columbus/or ohio has the same thing on the books. its the unattended thing.

ps leaving your car in your garage running with the garage door down is a bad idea...

 

[BB73]

Damn, that sucks. Better start warming it up in the garage then.

Keep that garage door closed also, so the cops can't see the car from the street.

 

[iambrutus]

ps leaving your car in your garage running with the garage door down is a bad idea...

pussy

 

[tibor75]

Keep that garage door closed also, so the cops can't see the car from the street.

No problem if you bring an oxygen tank as well.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Keep that garage door closed also, so the cops can't see the car from the street.

That's a given.

 

[23Skidoo]

I think that's a law in most states. My dad was paranoid about it way back when we lived in Cleveland, and I've heard of it in CO too.
The only time I've seen it strictly enforced though was on a military base.
They actually had a program where they came up with a minor law to enforce hardcore each month.

 

[BUCKYLE]

I heard or read somewhere that it was illegal in Ohio to leave your keys in the ignition, even if it wasn't running. Don't know if it's true or not.