A new state law allows drivers to warm up their vehicles unattended if they are using a remote starter device. Puffing is still illegal for other drivers (Longmont Times- Call file)
Re: Puffing law should exempt more than just remote-starting vehicles, April 14 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Carl M. Wright says that the new law on puffing should have included any car running with the doors locked. There is a major difference between any car and a car with a remote starter system, which allows the owner to start the vehicle without a key in the ignition switch. If a thief were to break a window or some other way force their way into the vehicle while running, the car with the remote starter system could not be driven. As soon as the thief were to step on the brake (or clutch, if manual transmission) to try to put the car in gear, the engine would automatically stop and could not be driven or restarted by the thief. For a normal car running with the doors locked, the thief could drive the car away after breaking into the vehicle, because the ignition key is already in the ignition switch.
Lee Graf, Lone Tree
This letter was published in the April 16 edition.
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