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so consolidated bus here is idling for
reasons I don't know so the first thing
I must do is engage my clock to know
where I am in the four minute sequence
if it works yeah and then go to my
timestamp photography so if we're at
3:47 so I'm going to go and shoot the
other license plate and do the remainder
of the video and as mentioned there's no
discharge of passengers at all and it's
only the driver in the bus thanks so
that's it the law says that a vehicle
truck bus car limousine can't pull up
the curb and idle around more than three
minutes on December 19th 2017 City
Council passed law 7 1 7 a which allows
a citizen to prepare and present
evidence of idling only trucks and buses
to the Department of Environmental
Protection
by doing so the citizen can get 25
percent on the 350 on County I have
submitted 120 times and I've made nine
thousand dollars cash in the bank
I did statistics for five years
gathering up information as to the
nature of those that Idol in New York
City and the comments that people would
make to me as I'm talking to them are
you a cop are you telling me what to do
the law only applies to diesel some we
want to discuss here assistance
complaint thing happen as a result of
certain key people and city council
seeing the documentary film idle threat
which is something that produced in 2012
I was influenced by the aftermath of the
Iraqi war it was quite clear that our
motivation for going there and fighting
wasn't from weapons of mass destruction
it was really for oil and just at the
same time my brother came down with
Stage four lung cancer and he was not a
smoker just as this was going on I began
to witness and observe trucks and buses
in the city at curbside idling their
engines and I said well that's an
interesting situation since we went to
war for oil and these people are wasting
the oil we went to war for I never
dreamed it would migrate into the
national law where I'd be able to
benefit you know there's their strength
in numbers and so I had about 12 people
under me and I like to call them Street
agents from when I started which is an
early May to the end of December I have
submitted 297 complaints that's just
phenomenal how many have gone forward
I've gotten 35 checks 12 checks in 2018
and 23 checks in 2019
that's called record-keeping recently
actually I've had people come out and
ask me what I'm doing and start to
record me Patrick what about you after
their experience I haven't submitted
anything yet okay
let's see what's going on with jar
Giulio produce here make sure that you
take a photograph of the address which
is on the side and then I'll take a
video right
it's good to have steady camera work
okay so that's part of the evidence that
goes in front of the Department of
Environmental Protection you know in
court makes sense yeah well I care about
evolution really for two reasons number
one on a personal level I'm somebody who
likes to exercise I run a lot I don't
really appreciate reading in you know
toxic air and exhaust fumes the other
reason is basically a public health
issue so this is a really busy as far as
I think is concerned this road here
Amsterdam Avenue I yeah I get a lot of
my customers I like to call in my
customers on this Avenue another thing
I've experienced is that when I would
see a vehicle like this and then talk to
a police officer that is standing right
by there they basically don't react at
all the police even though they're aware
of the situation and perhaps the hazards
the situation they just don't care to
enforce the law themselves the idea is
not for me to go and spend my time doing
this doesn't know what I want to do at
all thousands of people should be doing
this
it's not about writing tickets issuing
tickets having court dates submitting
paperwork no it's about people stopping
idling sir are you driver are you aware
that your engine's been idling from
about four or five minutes it's against
the law in York City you had an edge on
more than three minutes are you aware of
that I'm a concerned citizen
please thank you appreciate it
no no you haven't killed anybody but
thank you appreciate it
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