The ED-300 Series SkidWeigh in addition to the automatic check weighing is designed to help save fuel and protect the environment by limiting the time that an engine is permitted to remain idling when the vehicle is standing unloaded. The installation of the system will assure compliance with recent enacted laws regulating the allowable engine idle times of certain classes of industrial vehicles.

The emission laws are becoming more strict concerning engine idling. California, New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New york have passed legislation limiting the idle times of industrial vehicles to no more than 5 minutes. Similar legislations are pending in other states.