Turn Your Key! Be Idle Free!
6th graders from Morningside Elementary School visited legislators on Capitol Hill today to ask representatives from the House Health and Human Services Committee to support HJR5, Joint Resolution for Clean Air.
The students and their teacher, Patti White, asked Representative Carol Spackman Moss, D–Millcreek, to sponsor the resolution which "encourages the citizens of Utah to eliminate all unnecessary idling of motor vehicles." The students, who created an "Idle Free Campaign" at Morningside Elementary, asked the legislature to remind drivers to "turn their key and be idle free!"
They presented legislators with facts and figures, stating that leaving a car idling not only creates health problems for children and adults, but also is also not healthy for vehicles. "Idling gets 0 miles per gallon," the students told their audience. The students also presented the staff with a video to reiterate their point, which included original music and artwork.
Members of the committee approved the resolution on a unanimous vote. It will be heard in the House of Representatives for a full vote of the house.
Representative Carol Spackman Moss, D–Millcreek, presents HJR5
Representative Trisha Beck, D–Salt Lake City and Phil Riesen, D–Sandy, listen to students from Morningside Elementary as they present their "Turn Your Key! Be Idle Free" to the Health and Human Services committee.
