Engine running

[walkingtall]

Three times a week a lorry delivers to the crown and greyhound pub in Dulwich village, for up to an hour each time the engine is left running while the deliveries are made

I?ve contacted the company and told this is a normal practice because it?s refrigerated

I?ve contacted Southwark Council and they just don?t bother getting back to me

Yet for five hours a day five days a week I can?t drive the 30 seconds to my home and have to drive miles just to get home

I have to use my vehicle for work I cannot carry my tools on a pushbike

[Sue]

If there are goods in the vehicle which need to be kept refrigerated, how else are they going to do it?

I feel your pain. I have complained about this in the past (different vehicle) until the reason was explained to me.

[walkingtall]

Hi Sue. I agree with your statement but the smell of diesel fumes in my bedroom at 7 o?clock in the morning it?s not a nice way to be woken up. Maybe it?s that I am becoming a miserable old sod

[malumbu]

You can report it if it is visibly smoky (few are nowadays)

https://www.gov.uk/report-smoky-vehicle

Please write to your MP asking them to write to the Secretary of State for the Environment asking them why there are not more controls stopping this. You can also write to the Mayor of London.

Also you may wish to join environmental groups such as Client Earth or Clean Air in London who campaign for better air quality.

https://cleanair.london/ https://www.clientearth.org/

Good luck

[walkingtall]

Thanks very much for your help

[Ossito]

On a similar note, I have noticed that there is a coffee van in Dulwich Sports Club which spends all Sunday morning with its Diesel engine running right next to the astroturf where kids are playing.

I can?t help thinking there must be a healthier way of making coffee than pumping diesel fumes into the lungs of exercising kids?

[Nigello]

Why not address your concerns to them directly? Better than posting here where it is unlikely to effect any change for the better.

[walkingtall]

Five emails sent to Southwark Council no reply received

at least seven emails to the company who own the vehicle

three verbal conversations to the staff of the pub

Two heated discussions with the drivers of the lorry

what else am I supposed to do

[Nigello]

I meant Ossito, whose comments were directly above my response.

[walkingtall]

I apologise sorry