To: Victorian Environment Minister Steve Dimopoulos Minister for Environment 📍 Address 1 Treasury Place Melbourne VIC 3002 ☎ Phone 03 9651 4701 📧 Email [email protected]
“Why Are Drivers Allowed to Gas Victorians in Their Own Homes?”
“Why Are Drivers Allowed to Gas Victorians in Their Own Homes?”
Stop Poisoning Our Streets with Idling Engines
Stop Poisoning Our Streets with Idling Engines
Right now across Victoria, cars, vans and trucks are sitting outside people’s homes with engines running — pumping exhaust fumes directly into living rooms and bedrooms.
Residents shouldn’t have to breathe toxic pollution simply because someone can’t switch off their engine.
Vehicle exhaust contains PM2.5 — microscopic pollution particles that enter the lungs and bloodstream and are linked to asthma, heart disease and stroke.
Yet in many Victorian residential streets there is nothing stopping drivers from idling for 10, 20 or even 30 minutesoutside homes.
No signs.
No deterrent.
No protection for residents.
No deterrent.
No protection for residents.
Turning off an engine while parked is one of the easiest actions to reduce pollution immediately.
It costs nothing.
But it makes a real difference to the people who live there.
We are calling on Victorian councils to:
- Install “No Idling / Switch Off Engine” signs in residential streets
- Protect residents from avoidable exhaust pollution
- Promote cleaner, healthier neighbourhoods
This is basic respect.
If you’re not moving, switch off the engine.
Sign the petition and demand cleaner air for Victorian residents.
Why is this important?
Why Your Signature Matters
Councils rarely act until residents force the issue into the public eye.
When complaints come from one building or one resident, they are easy to ignore.
But when thousands of Victorians sign their names, it becomes a public health issue that councils cannot quietly brush aside.
But when thousands of Victorians sign their names, it becomes a public health issue that councils cannot quietly brush aside.
This petition sends a clear message:
Residents are tired of breathing other people’s exhaust in their own homes.
Vehicle idling may seem like a small issue, but multiplied across thousands of streets every day it creates a constant stream of avoidable pollution.
And the worst part?
It is completely unnecessary.
Switching off an engine takes one second.
Installing a sign costs very little.
But the impact on residential air quality can be immediate.
Installing a sign costs very little.
But the impact on residential air quality can be immediate.
Your signature helps:
- Show councils this problem is widespread across Victoria
- Push local governments to install “Switch Off Engine” signage
- Protect residents — especially children, older people and those with asthma
- Send a message that polluting residential streets is not acceptable
Change often starts with something simple — people refusing to stay quiet about a problem.
If enough Victorians speak up, councils will have no choice but to act.
Add your name and help push this issue onto the public agenda.
Because people should not have to breathe vehicle exhaust in their own living rooms.
Sign the petition. Share it. And demand cleaner air for Victorian streets.
