26-10-2023, 11:55 AM
(26-10-2023, 11:04 AM)Mike Watterson Wrote: ULEZ is about local air quality so less people have chronic diseases or die. It's not about an overall life-cycle environmental impact.
(26-10-2023, 11:14 AM)Sinewave Wrote: No it's not, it's about money. If it was about air quality, they wouldn't say the same cars can come in but pay for it - you'd not be allowed to drive in. Plus air travels - see the Saharan sand storm dust which we get in the UK....
Well... ULEZ is about improving air quality. The occasional polluting car, traction engine, motor bike, will not make much difference. But 100,000 of them will.
So, the idea is to control pollution by putting in a strong deterrant, the ULEZ charge, to reduce the numbers of the pollutors.
If that doesn't work, then yes I guess there could be bans introduced. But so far the charge is working
