Drivers must stay with vehicles while warming them up

Two motorists were issued tickets Thursday for warming up their vehicles while they were away from them.The drivers contacted WAPT-TV after starting their cars to warm them up before heading back inside their homes.One driver asked not to be identified."I cranked my car to warm it up to take my child to school," the driver said."I was just warming my car up, so we didn't have to get in a freezing car," Felicia Hudson said.Both women were stopped by a Jackson police officer."She yells to me from the next building, saying that, "If you leave that car, I'm going to write you a ticket," so I said, "Write me a ticket? Write me a ticket for what?""State statute 63-3-909 clearly state you cannot leave your vehicle unattended for no reason, so the officer was doing his job. That's what the officer is paid to do," Jackson police Officer Colendula Green said.

Two motorists were issued tickets Thursday for warming up their vehicles while they were away from them.

The drivers contacted WAPT-TV after starting their cars to warm them up before heading back inside their homes.


One driver asked not to be identified.

"I cranked my car to warm it up to take my child to school," the driver said.

"I was just warming my car up, so we didn't have to get in a freezing car," Felicia Hudson said.

Both women were stopped by a Jackson police officer.

"She yells to me from the next building, saying that, "If you leave that car, I'm going to write you a ticket," so I said, "Write me a ticket? Write me a ticket for what?"

"State statute 63-3-909 clearly state you cannot leave your vehicle unattended for no reason, so the officer was doing his job. That's what the officer is paid to do," Jackson police Officer Colendula Green said.