Keep It Moving, Wellesley: Town Imposes $15 Fine for Car Idling

Wellesley MA

12 May, 2021

10:07 AM

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WELLESLEY, MA — Drivers can now face a $15 fine for idling more than five minutes in Wellesley. The Select Board passed the new traffic regulation last year, but now you can receive a ticket. Drivers can also face a $100 citation for a second offense and a $500 citation for a third offense, according to Massachusetts law. "Look this isn't about the money," Chief of Police Jack Pilecki said in a video. "It's about saving our planet and clean air." He said idling cars contribute greenhouse gases, and encouraged people sitting in the car talking on the phone or waiting to pick up their kids to just turn the car off.