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Old July 13th 06, 11:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Higher congestion charge for thirsty cars

On 13 Jul 2006 22:35:16 GMT, Adrian wrote:

Greg Hennessy ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Why should someone driving a small 4x4 pay more to use the road than
someone driving a heavier conventional car taking up more road space.


sigh

You don't quite get it, do you? It's not "4x4" - that's just lazy
journalism. It's based on the CO2 emissions. So if the "conventional car"
is over the threshold and the 4x4 under, then the "conventional car" driver
will pay the higher rate and the 4x4 driver won't.

Happy?

Quite what the hell Ken proposes to do for vehicles without an official CO2
figure, I know not...


Charge them £50.

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