Congestion charge hike for pre 2006 cars

andygb

I hadn't noticed this on the TV news, but the London congestion charge is being raised by £10 for pre 2006 cars, thus hitting the poorest motorists:(
It doesn't affect me, but it will hit a large number of people very hard, because they will have to pay £21.50 instead of £11.50 to drive in the congestion zone area.
The congestion zone currently only applies from Monday to Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/last-day-before-motorists-with-pre-2006-cars-pay-extra-%c2%a310-t-charge-to-drive-in-london/ar-AAtQATD?li=BBoPWjQ

Gloomendoom

I wouldn't care if they built a 20 foot doorless wall and dug a moat around London.

iolanthe07

This has been known about for some time, but doesn't it apply only to diesels? I think petrol cars are unaffected by this, but am happy to be corrected. Anything that helps curb the filth spewing out of old diesels is fine by me.

worldtraveller

You can check your vehicle by number plate or type HERE.

Iceweasel

iolanthe07 wrote: »

This has been known about for some time, but doesn't it apply only to diesels? I think petrol cars are unaffected by this, but am happy to be corrected. Anything that helps curb the filth spewing out of old diesels is fine by me.

It's any and all vehicles that are not Euro4 or cleaner.

So the filth spewing out of petrols may be curbed too.

Details here:

http://urbanaccessregulations.eu/news-and-press?id=2029:london-t-charge-starts-23-october

IMHO the UK's approach to LEZs in not to stop pollution but to fill their coffers.

London especially - but it's also coming to a city near you soon.

Keep_pedalling

andygb wrote: »

I hadn't noticed this on the TV news, but the London congestion charge is being raised by £10 for pre 2006 cars, thus hitting the poorest motorists:(
It doesn't affect me, but it will hit a large number of people very hard, because they will have to pay £21.50 instead of £11.50 to drive in the congestion zone area.
The congestion zone currently only applies from Monday to Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/last-day-before-motorists-with-pre-2006-cars-pay-extra-%c2%a310-t-charge-to-drive-in-london/ar-AAtQATD?li=BBoPWjQ

They will have to do no such thing London has a very good public transport system.

spiro

One of the key points I heard earlier on the news is that this new charge also applies to motorcycle who currently pay no charge and the fine for failing to pay on time is about £130.

JP1978

spiro wrote: »

One of the key points I heard earlier on the news is that this new charge also applies to motorcycle who currently pay no charge and the fine for failing to pay on time is about £130.

Motorcycles appear not to be affected

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/emissions-surcharge/emissions-surcharge-checker

JP1978

Still unsure on how charging more money reduces the air pollution - if Khan really had a set of balls, he would just ban the pre Euro IV cars.

motorguy

andygb wrote: »

I hadn't noticed this on the TV news, but the London congestion charge is being raised by £10 for pre 2006 cars, thus hitting the poorest motorists:(
It doesn't affect me, but it will hit a large number of people very hard, because they will have to pay £21.50 instead of £11.50 to drive in the congestion zone area.
The congestion zone currently only applies from Monday to Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/last-day-before-motorists-with-pre-2006-cars-pay-extra-%c2%a310-t-charge-to-drive-in-london/ar-AAtQATD?li=BBoPWjQ

So poor people commute by car in to central London daily do they?

motorguy

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

They will have to do no such thing London has a very good public transport system.

Agreed

It will apply, relatively speaking to a very small amount of (poor) people.