1. It's illegal to abandon a vehicle in a roadway.
2. I wonder how your insurance treats your stolen car if you left it in the road with engine running. Worst case is NOT having it stolen and losing 100% of its value. Worse yet is somone stealing it, hitting a family and killing, say, the wife and one child, plus disabling the husband and another child. Talk about loss of income and need for large expenses for the rest of their lives.
2. I wonder how your insurance treats your stolen car if you left it in the road with engine running. Worst case is NOT having it stolen and losing 100% of its value. Worse yet is somone stealing it, hitting a family and killing, say, the wife and one child, plus disabling the husband and another child. Talk about loss of income and need for large expenses for the rest of their lives.