Oy! it is my opinion that we Americans are gas hogs, and the bigger the SUV and the more fuel it takes, is just kind of thought as part of the deal. We seem to have an obsession with bigger means safer, and bigger means more fuel consumption. And then most of the time we can't be bothered to get out of our vehicles to get food or get money at the ATM and we will sit and idling for long periods of time waiting in line for a hamburger.

If we had those sorts of laws here and strictly enforced, people would be ticketed right and left as they come out of the McDonalds drive-thru.

I try and make a conscious effort to use my van as little as i can, and even chose to pay higher rent and live on campus, rather than driving, so i could walk as much as possible, but as a "Typical" American, i am very dependent on my van.

I agree that those laws are a little on the sucky side, especially you are pulled over to use your mobile phone, and the "unnecessary" is vague at best, but i think that there are other better ways to help conserve gas consumption and perhaps the US should take notice and enact more incentives not to use so much fuel.........but then that is politics and dealing with Dubya Bush.....and ol' Dubya......well i won't go there.......Lol

..............all said in my humble opinion.........