[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by marcb

I live just north of the CC zone and really have no need to drive into it. If we want to go to the west end it's far more sensible to get the tube or bus. This is not the great hardship you think it is. If the tube or bus or taxis or legs didn't exist you have a point.

A £15 charge on vehicles making multiple drops in the west end or city is not the end of the world either. It just seems that way to folk up north I guess.

Not exactly, as the ULEZ is coming up north too. It may not seem the end of the world, but £15 a day to drive a single vehicle into the city is ridiculous. What about those that have fleets of vans working in the city? It may not seem much to an individual, but to a business, its an awful lot.

ULEZ is different as it's aimed at getting older polluting vehicles off the roads and mainly hits diesels as even our 16 year petrol Volvo is compliant. No one can argue against curbing pollution.

It wasn’t long ago the Government were promoting diesels, offering contributions to buy them even. Now they’re too dirty & need to be taken off the road (pre euro 6 anyway).

I’m all for curbing pollution… it should have been done a long time ago. Its the charges I don’t agree with. Owning a car is expensive enough, now its going to be even dearer. I suppose its their way of getting people onto buses etc.