The T charge.

Just checked mine on the TFL site , 2014 Diesel Euro 5 and all is OK . As the charges are levied by number plate recognition cameras , I bet Ebay is doing a roaring trade in false stick on number plates
My sister lives in Ealing. Years ago I remember driving through London to Petticoat and Brick lane markets . Very light traffic , even had a drive past the houses of parliament and Trafalgar square. Now even on a Sunday morning it's a no go area. If we do visit it's by train from the suburbs. Still love the place it is a fantastic city

 

So it goes on the year of the car, not the emissions which road tax is based on? (Another type of social cleansing? ie. we don't want "scruffy" old cars in and around London? )

 

And what is the money raised going towards? Green roofs would be a better idea..?

 

I think the money is going to the House of Lords expenses fund, they do need rewarding for all the work they put in .

 

I've only ever been there on a couple of occasions - for 'business' - when I used to live in Chepstow - took the train in from Bristol.

My lasting impressions are:

very expensive scoff;
can't sit down;
crowded;
cattle trains (underground).

And now - £20 if you're brave enough to drive a car around there - no thank you very much sir - I'll stick with rural Wales .

 

So we are guessing it is based on emissions?
What kind of emissions?

Up until three years ago I had a petrol Mondeo, was paying back then in excess of £500 a year road tax due to CO2 emissions.
Now they are having a go a diesel cars, but what emissions are they basing them on? as we all know VW, BMW Merc etc. don't actually have any emissions

So are we talking CO2 which never killed anyone, or particulates, or any other stuff.

BTW, has anyone ever worked out the emissions that an electric car produces, bearing in mind you can't rely on the fact that when you charge it up you are only using electric from the local wind farm..

 

My previous car was diesel and I paid a pittance in road tax, on the basis that it was low emissions.
My new-to-me car is petrol and I pay the same pittance in road tax, on the basis it is low emissions.

Is emissions a synonym of tax?

 

I see a flaw to these plans ...

... his piggy bank is full of these ...


































... which are no longer legal tender

 

Like Clanless.. Think I'll stick to Wales