NEW YORK, NY October 29, 2009 —New Yorkers who leave their cars unattended with the engine running will not only risk getting them stolen, they'll now face the possibility of a bigger fine. The City Council approved hiking the fine from $5 to $250. Council Speaker Christine Quinn says five dollars wasn't much of a penalty.
QUINN: It may be the only cheap fee left in the city of New York, and we are going to bring an end to that.
REPORTER: The new law would eliminate the current rule that allows motorists to idle their vehicles for three-minutes.
In January, an unattended delivery van in Chinatown was left in reverse and rolled backwards into a group of preschoolers. The accident killed two children. A month later, a drunk driver in Queens stole an idling car and fatally struck two high school students.
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