Polluting Trucks Must Pay 400 A Day To Enter London

Those that do not must register and pay 200 pounds a day - the current equivalent of $400 - or be fined $2,000. The zone initially applies to diesel-fuelled trucks over 13.2 tons that don't meet EU standards, but will be extended to smaller vehicles - including buses, mini buses, large vans and ambulances - beginning this summer. Cars and motorcycles are exempt. London's program claims to be the world's largest low-emission zone. Similar zones exist in several European cities including Berlin and Stockholm, Sweden. In 2003, Livingstone introduced London's congestion charge, a toll equivalent to $16, charged on every car entering central London during office hours on weekdays. ... http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/02/04/4825136-ap.html

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