威尔士司机在停车时让车辆发动机继续运转，将从周三起面临最高150英镑的罚款。
Drivers in Wales who leave their vehicle engine running while parked will face fines of up to £150 from Wednesday.
此举是威尔士政府为减少有害污染并保护儿童健康而推出的新措施之一。
The change is part of a new measure by the Welsh government to try to reduce harmful pollution and to protect children's health.
此前，怠速的处罚为20英镑，但现在已将其提高至75至150英镑不等，具体金额取决于情况。
The previous punishment for idling, as it is known, was £20, but that has now been raised to anywhere from £75 to £150, depending on circumstances.
威尔士政府表示，希望通过加大罚款力度来“改变污染社区的人的习惯”。
The Welsh government said it hoped the increase would "change the habits of people who are polluting communities".
负责农村韧性与可持续发展的内阁部长Llyr Gruffydd表示，怠速的20英镑固定罚款“不足”，且未能“以大家想象的方式使用”。
Llyr Gruffydd, cabinet minister for rural resilience and sustainability, said the £20 fixed fine for idling was "insufficient", and not being used "in the way everyone might envision it".
他补充说，提高地方当局对司机的处罚费用将成为“一种更强有力的威慑”。
Increasing the fee that is available for local authorities to penalise drivers will be a "stronger deterrent", he added.
“我们真的觉得需要在这里加大力度，严厉打击这一问题，确保保护人们的健康，并总体上让社区成为更好的居住环境。” Gruffydd说，他希望更高的罚款范围能“改变污染社区、危及儿童和弱势群体健康的人的习惯”。
"We really do feel we need to step up here, clamp down on this as a problem and make sure we protect people's health and generally it will make communities a better place to live in." Gruffydd said he hoped the higher range of fines would "change the habits of people who are polluting communities and are putting children and vulnerable people's health at risk".
在卡迪夫Treganna学校接孩子的Anna欢迎这一新措施。
Anna, who was collecting her children from Treganna school in Cardiff, welcomed the new measure.
她住在学校附近，表示这里“非常非常繁忙，因为车子到处都是”。
She lives close to the school and said it got "really, really busy because cars are everywhere around here".
“当我们真的想离开这里去别处时，在这些时间段内我们无法离开，”她说，并补充说过去她曾花45分钟才能离开这条路。
"When we actually want to leave here, to go somewhere, we can't during these hours," she said, adding it once took her 45 minutes to get down the road.
“对我们来说这挺好，因为它会阻止许多车停在这里。”另一位家长Chiara Rinaldi说：“我认为他们可能有很好的原则，但现实是没人会去执行它们。
"For us it's kind of good because it will stop a lot of these cars from parking here." Chiara Rinaldi, another parent, said: "I think they probably have a good principle behind them but I think the reality is nobody is going to enforce them.
“学校的运行本来就很混乱，但你永远不会看到警察来这里执行罚款。”"这主意不错，但永远不会实现。" 这位经常步行接孩子上学的家长温迪·维尔纳-富鲁克认为更高的罚款是“一件好事”。"你不应该让汽车怠速，显然这对环境不好，也可能阻止人们这么做。"也许不会，遗憾的是人们可能仍会这么做，但我们正试图鼓励人们尽可能多地步行，所以这只能是一件好事。"
"School runs are chaotic as it is but you're never going to get the police out here are you, enforcing fines. "It's a great idea but never going to happen." One parent who frequently collects her children from school on foot is Wendy Vernon-Fulook, and believes the higher fine is a "good thing". "You shouldn't be leaving the car running, obviously it's not good for the environment and it might stop people from doing it. "It might not, people might keep doing it unfortunately, but we're trying to encourage people to walk as much as possible, so it can only be a good thing."
但瑞安农·西蒙兹说：“我不确定是否同意，如果强制性方案是解决办法，我完全理解他们所做的逻辑。” 根据《公路法规》第123条，驾驶员不得在车辆停放时让发动机怠速或在公共道路上车辆静止时无故让发动机运行。学校外的地区已被确定为排放物特别令人担忧的高风险地点。医院、全科诊所、养老院和其他医疗机构也被确定为高风险地点。
But Rhiannon Simmonds said: "I'm not sure I agree with it, if a mandatory solution is the way to go about it, but I completely appreciate the logic of what they're trying to do for sure." Under rule 123 of the Highway Code, drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while that vehicle is stationary on a public road. Areas outside schools have been identified as high-risk sites where emissions pose particular concerns. Hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes and other healthcare facilities are also identified as high-risk locations.
威尔士首席医疗官伊莎贝尔·奥利弗教授表示，空气污染是一个严重的公共卫生问题，导致包括心脏病和肺病在内的一系列疾病。
Prof Isabel Oliver, chief medical officer for Wales, said air pollution was a serious public health issue that contributed to a range of conditions including heart and lung disease.
她说：“儿童、老年人以及已有健康问题的人尤其容易受到其影响。”"怠速看似一种小小的日常习惯，但它会累积。"每当发动机关闭而不是继续怠速时，我们就减少了空气中有害污染物的含量，尤其是在学校、医院以及其他脆弱人群聚集的地方。"这一新措施在三月的塞内德议会投票后生效。
"Children, older people and those with existing health conditions are particularly vulnerable to its effects," she said. "Idling may seem like a small, everyday habit, but it adds up. "Every time an engine is switched off rather than left running, we reduce the amount of harmful pollution in the air we all breathe, particularly around schools, hospitals and other places where vulnerable people spend time." This new measure comes into force following a vote at the Senedd in March.
塞内德议员通过了新规则，37名议员投赞成票，12名投反对票，没有弃权。
Members of the Senedd passed the new rules, with 37 politicians voting for and 12 against. There were no abstentions.