I was inside when I turned it on.
My car wasnât stolen in the process and there was no âquittingâ offence perpetrated.
Itâs ancient law and it does affect public places only. Most highways where people park are public places.
I have a drive⌠not everyone does.
Not the same thing at all. When I did venture outside, I had three steps to fall into a warm cabin.
Some ice cars do this but the mostly have a second battery.
Ps google âquittingâ offence for the law. Itâs some obscure part of the regs but it can lead to fines.
It says you can leave the engine on, providing the handbrake is applied, to âdrive machinery forming part of, or mounted on, the vehicle and used for purposes other than driving the vehicleâ
It doesnât say that, unless youâre choosing to read it selectively and ignoring the bits inconvenient to your argument.
(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall leave, or cause or permit to be left, on a road a motor vehicle which is not attended by a person licensed to drive it unless the engine is stoppedAND any parking brake with which the vehicle is required to be equipped is effectively set.
is what it actually says.
And 2b qualifies the exceptions in 2bi and 2bii with in such a position and condition as not to be likely to endanger any person or property
So the additional exceptions in 2bi and 2bii only apply if the first part of 2b is satisfied. Good luck convincing a police that 2b is satisfied if parked on a public road or in a public place (e.g. car park)