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Old 5th November 2019, 16:13   #21
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Owners of petrol cars will be exempt, though research shows that older petrol vehicles release high levels of emissions.


  1. Owners of petrol cars will be exempt - from a ban on diesels
  2. I own a petrol car - will I be exempt if I drive my diesel?



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i can see this being the thin edge of the sword.
Council beauracrats trying to be enlightened greens.
We have councils over here trying to enact rules no one wants

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Only cars? What about the "dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide" from vans, HGVs, buses and coaches?

It's always the private motorist who pays.

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Yes it's a blanket ban on all privately owned diesel vehicles.

Quote from the LocalGov site.

"It would mean a ban on all privately-owned diesel vehicles together with a charging zone for non-compliant commercial vehicles such as buses, taxis, HGVs and LGVs."

I can feel the creation of a small company coming on..... Then I can drive a company car (not privately owned).
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Old 5th November 2019, 19:05   #22
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There’s been a lot of talk about this. Now it’s happening in Bristol:

‘Bristol is set to become the first city in Britain to ban diesel cars under the toughest measures yet seen to combat air pollution.

The city council wants to prohibit diesels from entering part of the centre from 7am to 3pm daily to cut dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

It will apply to all diesels, irrespective of age, including the cleanest Euro 6 models registered since 2015. Owners of petrol cars will be exempt, though research shows that older petrol vehicles release high levels of emissions.

Drivers who ignore the ban will be fined as part of the measures, due from March 2021. Motoring groups labelled the plans “unprecedented” and said that many low-income families would be hit.’ Sunday Times


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Anyone going to be affected by this? Fortunately mine’s a petrol.
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Old 5th November 2019, 19:31   #23
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what process has been put in place for those that work in Bristol to get to and from the banned area if they own and drive a diesel?

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Old 5th November 2019, 19:35   #24
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what process has been put in place for those that work in Bristol to get to and from the banned area if they own and drive a diesel?

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Put the plebs on night shift.

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Old 5th November 2019, 19:37   #25
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You couldnt make it up!
I hope to remain driving socially unacceptable diesels for many more years to come. When they ban them from certain cities I simply wont go there and I suspect others wont either, then they can whinge about their city centre traders going out of business!

Taxis and vans will pay a daily charge of £9 and buses and HGVs £100.
So things will cost more for those that still visit.
Perhaps the project should be renamed "How to kill your city centre"
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Old 5th November 2019, 19:56   #26
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Taxis and vans will pay a daily charge of £9 and buses and HGVs £100.
So things will cost more for those that still visit.
Perhaps the project should be renamed "How to kill your city centre"

Heaven knows what that will do to the price of bus fares!


There is no rhyme or reason to these CAZ's! some are targetting cars & some aren't
Reading the 'Fleetnews' it says The Government has also named 23 local authorities where it expects pollution levels to reach illegal levels by 2021. Stating they must all carry out a feasibility study to determine whether or not a Clean Air Zone is required.


Also Up to 10 local authorities could be planning to introduce workplace charging levies, which could cost employees up to £1,000 per year to park at work.
Edinburgh and Glasgow councils are expected go ahead with the charge soon while Reading, Oxford, Bristol, Cambridge and the London boroughs of Merton, Brent and Camden are still considering the proposals.
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Old 5th November 2019, 21:04   #27
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I can feel the creation of a small company coming on..... Then I can drive a company car (not privately owned).

Oddly enough I’ve just set a Ltd company. So I sell my diesel Peugeot to the company and get exemption from the diesel ban as it’s no longer privately owned?
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Old 5th November 2019, 21:24   #28
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I can feel the creation of a small company coming on..... Then I can drive a company car (not privately owned).

Oddly enough I’ve just set a Ltd company. So I sell my diesel Peugeot to the company and get exemption from the diesel ban as it’s no longer privately owned?

I hope the company name is '4qbristol' so they read it everytime the vehicle drives into the forbidden zone.
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It's a s***hole anyway, I try to avoid Bristol like the plague.

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It's a shithole anyway, I try to avoid Bristol like the plague.
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