In my first year of keeping records, I had:
- 823 encounters
- 11% female
- 88% male
- I was unsuccessful 23% of the time but I was successful 78% percent of the time …and by success I mean I would watch the violator shut off his engine
- 55% were Caucasian
- 25% knew of the law but idled anyway
- 53% were between the ages of 35 and 50
- 12% were limos
The statistics were basically the same in year two but I had only 615 encounters. Less production, but I was more successful, at least with limos… because I was only successful 70% of the time in year one and I was 90% successful in year two.
So, in two years I have had 1438 total encounters, or roughly 59 a month. I’m on track in year three for the same. But key here is that 77 % will shut off their engines… with only ME asking them to do so.
Imagine how agreeable NYC citizens would be if more knew about the law (when only roughly 25% know of it) and how much quicker they would know about it… if police enforced it and fines were issued. The word would spread very quickly.
And a huge sum of money would have been raised. If I had been a police officer issuing idling tickets during this time, I could have raised $316,360 for the city, and this just while walking to and from work and weekend strolls. This calculation is based on the lowest ticket amount which is $220 but tickets for third time offenders can reach $2,000.