It’s illegal to warm your car in Idaho?

Rep. Steven Harris, R-Meridian, introduced legislation today to remove a little-known restriction from Idaho law, dating back to 1988, that he suggested appears to make it illegal to remotely start your car to warm it up. The provision , contained in the section of state law dealing with “Rules of the Road,” currently prohibits a driver from allowing a vehicle “to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the parking brake, and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .