The system is to be extended to about 20 German cities in the course of the year, including Stuttgart and Munich.
It applies to all vehicles, including those registered outside Germany, but some officials have indicated that foreign cars will be treated with leniency.
In Berlin, city authorities have decided not to punish errant drivers until the end of January.
The reform "is the most serious attempt until now to get to grips with the most serious source of air pollution, which causes 75,000 premature deaths per year," said German green group Deutsche Umwelthilfe.
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Germany Begins Ban On Polluting Cars In City Centres
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Dave Ruston
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The preceding comment deals with mature subject matter, however immaturely presented. Viewer discretion is advised.
Surely not so many, as to be used as an excuse not take the worst of the worst from the roads?
...and since when did we as a society care whether someone had the money to afford 'safer' 'healthier' alternatives.
Hell we don't care if people have houses, but we will sure worry about the poor's efforts to keep their 'polluters' on the road, huh?
The era of 'attrition' must end sometime or people will just do whatever to keep their cars on the road, like they do in Havana 50 years later -- I applaud the Germans for getting pro-active on this score and ignoring 'stakeholder' arguments made by the greedy and wealthy.