Emissions Zone

Jono

Jono

Jono

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Today, the country's first "Emissions Zone" comes into force in London:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7225527.stm

Starting with lorries over a certain weight (12 tonnes), but later due to include buses, coaches, smaller lorries and vans.

Do you think a £200 per day fine/fee/charge/whatever is fair?
I'm all for cleaner air, but at what cost? Surely it's just another tax on the motorist/haulage industry?

Wouldn't it be better to just have fewer people in this country?

And will it result in the cost of food/other goods being increased, with the fines being passed onto the consumer?
 
R124/LA420 will probably know this better than anyone else/most here...

So, say all(?) < 7 year old trucks met standards when they rolled off the production line. Are all those tractor units going to be kicking out the same amount of crap as they were when new?

I've seen some 2 year old (55 reg) cars kicking out MASSES of black stuff when booted hard or even just accelerating gently; it's usually a TDCi engine. I'm sure they didn't do that when they were new.

What I'm wondering is if they're just going to be looking at the age of the plate and deciding newer trucks are exempt, even if they're polluting more than older trucks, due to them being thrashed/faulty etc?
 
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