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Old September 8th 19, 11:05 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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In message , at 09:00:18 on Sun, 8 Sep 2019,
Recliner remarked:
So he can save on the ultra-low emission zone fee, - surely your average
second hand petrol model achieves that

Perhaps not for long?


Are they changing the standard, as well as the coverage area.

Currently approximates to petrol 2005+, diesels 2015+.


They'll almost certainly tighten the rules at some point. It's like the
exemption from the congestion charge, for which the rules have got steadily
tighter.


At which point the fleet of secondhand petrol cars will consist of
higher-standard vehicles, which might well not be leap-frogged in the
egregious way Euro5 diesels were.

I think there's also a desire to widen the coverage area (beyond the
Circulars), but not fr a while.


I had an idea they were already considering as far as the M25.
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Roland Perry