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I have a few questions, and a few observations, but I'll start off with what I've come to think of as the existing situation based on the video.

1. The Diesel truck was sitting in the parking lot first, and the Prius lady pulled up.

2. By the time the video is running, the driver's car door is open.

3. Prius lady has a weapon in her hand, I say weapon because I was attacked in 5th grade with one, she went for my ears and eyes, the only time I hit a girl.

4. The truck people's kid has allergies, video states this is why the kid is in the truck, and the truck has windows rolled up. However we see the doors open and the kid in the back of the truck bed. Therefore any assumption we may have had about the A/C on so that the child could sleep is put into doubt. Was the A/C on, or just maybe the fresh air fan going though the cabin filter?

Either the assumption is true and the video was shot after doors were opened and kid put in the bed of the truck. Does anyone have a good guess?

Or the captions in the video are lies, and the truck was just idling in the parking lot for no good reason as the Prius/pen lady seems to think. I'm leaning towards this view, just nothing to make me think otherwise.

5. Are kids with allergies sensitive to Diesel fumes as well? If so, then the parents may consider this exposure in the future, if not I guess it's their fuel to burn.

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I had a brush with carbon dioxide poisoning a few years back, my old Geo Tracker had an exhaust leak up at the manifold (gasoline not Diesel). I still feel sick when near a Diesel truck's fumes, I either have to leave a lot of room between my truck and theirs or pass them a quickly as possible. This happened just yesterday, rolled down the windows when it was clear to do so.

I think this new low sulfur fuel messes up more engines and causes more pollution in the long run.

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I'm not taking the Prius/pen ladies side, but I am saying a Diesel truck left running for no good reason (as I see in the video) is something which makes me ill. It really does make me ill, not an expression or political statement.
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