>> Idling used to irritate the daylights out of me. But that seems to have stopped
>> these days.
That's a common cause of complaint from people who live near a bus terminus or layover point. Why they bought the house in the first place, knowing this is beyond me but that's a whole new topic!
Basically, bus drivers will very often leave their engines running at these points under instruction of the management. Why? Because if the engines are switched off there is more than a sporting chance that they won't start again.
There is also the issue of comfort for the driver. It really annoys me when someone comes from their nice, warm, centrally heated house on a sub-zero morning to complain about me keeping the engine running for five minutes in an effort to keep me warm. The bus is my workplace and, in my book, everybody has the right to be warm and comfortable in their workplace.
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