the anti - idling system for ambulances and other vehicles is a novel system for making electricity available to vehicles which idle curbside in urban and suburban environments . the invention comprises a pedestal with a specialized electricity plug , a cord and cord reel , an onboard microcontroller with gsm and rfid card reader which controls the flow of electricity and communicates with a cloud - based management system , and a cloud - based management system which controls user authentication . this enables an ambulance or other vehicle operator to approach the pedestal , access the plug and cord and turn on the flow of electricity using an rfid card or mobile phone , and use the pedestal to power their vehicle while in proximity to the pedestal . when the vehicle engine is started , the system detects the auto - ejection of the plug from the vehicle , turns off the flow of electricity , and automatically retracts the plug and cord into the pedestal .