Air quality
Exhaust smoke and idle vehicles
Well maintained vehicles should produce very little smoke, except when they are starting up, accelerating hard or climbing steep hills. However, some vehicles emit dense plumes of smoke and may not meet legal emissions standards. Excessively smoking vehicles cause air pollution and can be a health hazard.
Under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions)(Fixed Penalty)(England) Regulations 2002 a local authority who has declared an Air Quality Management Area has the power to instruct motorists to switch off their engines whilst their vehicle is parked and to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice to those who refuse to co-operate.
More information on transport related air quality campaigns.
Contents of Air quality
- Air quality service
- Local air quality management in Manchester
- Air quality monitoring in Manchester
- Air quality action plan
- Nature and sources of air pollutants
- Smoke control areas
- Biomass boilers
- Chimney height approval
- Exhaust smoke and idle vehicles (this page)
- Air quality assessments and development control
- Air quality reports
