It would be interesting to see that research on eight minutes of idling fuel taking to start a modern fuel-injected car.
Start cycles (for non-hybrid engines), turn over at relatively low RPM, and require more fuel than idling to start... BUT, for idle times over 2-3 minutes, turning off the engine would probably save fuel (I will have to google this answer...)
This has to be weighed against safety issues of having a car turned off in traffic and having to move in a hurry: turn key, turn-over motor, fire motor, pull gear into "D", step on gas, get moving... it can take a couple seconds that in an emergency you might not have...
Hybrid cars turn off when idling, but start within half a second after depresssing the gas pedal, without having to be in "PARK". They rev at high RPM to start which is much more fuel efficient than low RPM non-hybrid motors.
I turn off my car for train crossings, stopped traffic for accidents, etc... where I know I'll be there for a couple minutes, and can't move the car in thick traffic anyway. I had a Honda Accord that had occasional poor hot start characteristics, but my Lexus has never failed to start in 130,000 miles.