Motorhome Clean Air Zone charge.

I know few trades men or is it persons now, that this will be the last nail as far as them working in London goes.
In fact, electrician was round today, told me I better find a new electrician. He is of retirement age but he can't, 3 daughters.
 
Do We have to pay in the Ctrl Air zones in European Countries I have the French & German ctrl stickers just in case we where ever forced into a area but always avoid Cities but have never seen any mention of payment
 
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Tookey said:
Are authorities obligated to signpost such zones?
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They do have low emission zone signs here BUT the are easily missed and the cameras are not always with the signs.
In summary yes its easy to make a mistake until you get a love letter through your front door. :(
 
My missus does personal care for disabled persons. She gets no money from leaving home to her first appointment. Then its minimum wage all day. This is but one of the services that keeps the country running in these difficult times. She cannot afford a new car and im sure theres many many others in such similar positions including many on low wage and many trades.. Now in these difficult times when health and social care is high on peoples minds and many "clap for carers" id love to know how people in her position would be expected to do their jobs in Cities? Please dont say walk, use a bike, use public transport as they cant. Visits can be as little as 15 mins and days can be rammed for carers. So can someone explain how such people will be able to do their jobs? Any sign of a big pay rise, exemptions for carers? 3 years is very very short time in terms of changing your car.
 
st3v3 said:
2 of 3 vehicles we have are fine. Oddly, my '03 Passat is fine in Bath, but not Birmingham...
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My 2001 octavia 1.9td is the same £8 birmingham zero in bath.Not that go to either on purpose though.
 
Toffeecat said:
My missus does personal care for disabled persons. She gets no money from leaving home to her first appointment. Then its minimum wage all day. This is but one of the services that keeps the country running in these difficult times. She cannot afford a new car and im sure theres many many others in such similar positions including many on low wage and many trades.. Now in these difficult times when health and social care is high on peoples minds and many "clap for carers" id love to know how people in her position would be expected to do their jobs in Cities? Please dont say walk, use a bike, use public transport as they cant. Visits can be as little as 15 mins and days can be rammed for carers. So can someone explain how such people will be able to do their jobs? Any sign of a big pay rise, exemptions for carers? 3 years is very very short time in terms of changing your car.
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We have two 'daily drivers' at moment, first is a 13 plate soon coming up to 8 years old, no charges in either zone, second is a 54 plate and 16 years old, no charge for Bath, £8 for Birmingham.
Do these sound like expensive cars driven by rich people, or maybe they are cheap cars driven by ordinary people.
 
My point isnt in praise or support of oil burners we need to get rid in cities. its that poor folk cant afford electric cars or congestion charges Care workers in London at £15 a day cant afford to drive. These costs will as long as i have a hole in my backside be coming to a town near all of us. The charges in Bath and Birmingham are just the start and will get tighter and more and more expensive as per London. And then you have the roads for the rich. So how do we avoid this? And thats the million dollar question.
 
Toffeecat said:
My point isnt in praise or support of oil burners we need to get rid in cities. its that poor folk cant afford electric cars or congestion charges Care workers in London at £15 a day cant afford to drive. These costs will as long as i have a hole in my backside be coming to a town near all of us. The charges in Bath and Birmingham are just the start and will get tighter and more and more expensive as per London. And then you have the roads for the rich. So how do we avoid this? And thats the million dollar question.
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Theres no will to avoid it.
 
Toffeecat said:
My point isnt in praise or support of oil burners we need to get rid in cities. its that poor folk cant afford electric cars or congestion charges
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Just looked on ebay for examples, this car sold a couple of weeks ago for £995 and doesn't have to have LEZ charges in Bath or Birmingham. So you don't need a EV for these, as for London, the congestion and LEZ has been in place for a long while.
2008 FORD FIESTA STYLE CLIMATE,1.4 PETROL,75,000 MILES,12 MONTHS MOT,P/X ... | eBay
 
What vehicles are they trying to dissuade,even my motorhome 2004 renault 3.0 litre diesel, no charges in either brum or bath.
 
mark61 said:
Guess you missed the "just the start" bit.
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Not really, Toffeecat is posting about little or no notice, yes there was several years notice, or at least warnings it was going to happen now there are LEZ's popping up, yes they will most likely get more and tighter, but this will be in future, and as they get tighter the cars that qualify get older and cheaper. As for vans like ours which lets face it pump out lots of polution, well what do we expect people to do?
 
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