• Checking how much I now pay for Road Tax

    From john curzon@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 16 11:07:51 2022
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks

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  • From Robin@21:1/5 to john curzon on Wed Nov 16 19:37:38 2022
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to john curzon on Wed Nov 16 19:50:10 2022
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks

    https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-for-cars-registered-on-or-after-1-march-2001

    Its down to Co2 emission

    A 2L Jaguar 2001 to 2010 has tax rates between £180 and £220 depending
    on engine

    A 2002 Corolla 1.6 has tax rates between £265 and £330

    Obviously you have a more polluting car. The 2L diesel version of your
    car has a tax rate of £220.

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  • From john curzon@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 17 04:10:59 2022
    On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:50:12 PM UTC, alan_m wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks
    https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-for-cars-registered-on-or-after-1-march-2001

    Its down to Co2 emission

    A 2L Jaguar 2001 to 2010 has tax rates between £180 and £220 depending
    on engine

    A 2002 Corolla 1.6 has tax rates between £265 and £330

    Obviously you have a more polluting car. The 2L diesel version of your
    car has a tax rate of £220.

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    So what doesn't make much sense to me to me is that the neighbour's Diesel Jaguar emission is 152g/km and my petrol corolla is 168g/km so his emission is *lower* than mine. Yet i am allowed in the Ultra Low Emission Zone on the inside of the north
    circular while he is not allowed in without paying a charge.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to john curzon on Thu Nov 17 13:18:49 2022
    On 17/11/2022 12:10, john curzon wrote:
    On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:50:12 PM UTC, alan_m wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks
    https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-for-cars-registered-on-or-after-1-march-2001

    Its down to Co2 emission

    A 2L Jaguar 2001 to 2010 has tax rates between £180 and £220 depending
    on engine

    A 2002 Corolla 1.6 has tax rates between £265 and £330

    Obviously you have a more polluting car. The 2L diesel version of your
    car has a tax rate of £220.

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    So what doesn't make much sense to me to me is that the neighbour's Diesel Jaguar emission is 152g/km and my petrol corolla is 168g/km so his emission is *lower* than mine. Yet i am allowed in the Ultra Low Emission Zone on the inside of the north
    circular while he is not allowed in without paying a charge.


    Different exhaust products - particulates and not just Co2? Heavy black
    smoke from diesels that have not been maintained.


    Quote
    The ULEZ is enforced based on the declared emissions of the vehicle
    rather than the age. However:

    Petrol cars that meet the ULEZ standards are generally those first registered with the DVLA after 2005, although cars that meet the standards have been available since 2001


    Diesel cars that meet the standards are generally those first
    registered with the DVLA after September 2015
    /Quote

    Your car has probably just squeezed into the first category whereas your neighbour is 10 years too early.





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  • From Peter Hill@21:1/5 to Robin on Thu Nov 17 15:26:01 2022
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he pays
    less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what is the
    way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount.     Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road
    tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the road
    tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The Mazda
    and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance bands, but
    CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.

    I also have a 1994 Nissan 200SX 1809cc road tax £295. In 12 more years
    it will be tax free. I have a 1988 project called "Donor", it will be
    worth swapping all the bits back in 6 years time, I'll save £1770.

    There is an anomaly of very low tax rates for emissions less than 120
    g/km, starting from March 2001, ending at April 2017. The lower C02
    emission tax bands covers a lot of Diesels. The treasury was going broke
    from loss of car tax revenue.

    https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/buying-and-selling-guides/car-tax-bands-explained/

    Taxation bands are based on CO2 emissions, Diesels produce less CO2
    green house gas which is why there was a huge drive to move people to
    using Diesels and the low tax for older Diesels. Since then the
    increased emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen have been killing people. So
    now we have ULEZ emission charging zones and higher tax on Diesels. The
    push to get Diesels into those low tax bands led to Dieselgate.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Peter Hill on Thu Nov 17 17:05:45 2022
    On 17/11/2022 15:26, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he
    pays less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what
    is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount.
    Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road
    tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the road
    tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The Mazda
    and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance bands, but
    CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.


    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 17 19:11:50 2022
    On 17/11/2022 17:05, alan_m wrote:
    On 17/11/2022 15:26, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he
    pays less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what
    is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks >>>

    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road
    tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the
    road tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The
    Mazda and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance
    bands, but CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.


    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.


    Spell chuckers and not looking at what they suggest

    ... to be less polluting

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  • From Abandoned_Trolley@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 17 20:15:51 2022

    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.


    Maybe stop /start systems have been with us a bit longer than you think.

    Some VW Passat and Polo Formel E models were fitted with them starting
    in the early 80s, and I dont suppose they were the first.

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to john curzon on Fri Nov 18 15:18:48 2022
    In article <e1841393-541e-4774-b167-bb2635efbe02n@googlegroups.com>,
    john curzon <kirbyx95@gmail.com> wrote:
    So what doesn't make much sense to me to me is that the neighbour's
    Diesel Jaguar emission is 152g/km and my petrol corolla is 168g/km so
    his emission is *lower* than mine. Yet i am allowed in the Ultra Low Emission Zone on the inside of the north circular while he is not
    allowed in without paying a charge

    Different criteria. VED is based only on CO2 emissions. ULEZ on emissions
    other than CO2. If the ULEZ was based on CO2, all large vehicles would
    fail.

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to junk@admac.myzen.co.uk on Sun Nov 20 12:20:39 2022
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.

    The Chancellor (Mr Osborne) changed his mind that VED would be a flat tax irrespective of CO2, which took effect from 2017. You get a £10 discount
    for having a hybrid and that's it. From 2025 even electric cars will pay
    the same rate of VED. (There is an additional £355 VED cost for the first 5 years if the purchase price was >£50k)

    It seems like older cars won't be on that scheme, so you can have a new electric car and be paying £165pa, or an old diesel and be paying £20pa.

    Theo

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Theo on Sun Nov 20 13:53:53 2022
    On 20/11/2022 12:20, Theo wrote:
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly
    believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.

    The Chancellor (Mr Osborne) changed his mind that VED would be a flat tax irrespective of CO2, which took effect from 2017. You get a £10 discount for having a hybrid and that's it. From 2025 even electric cars will pay
    the same rate of VED. (There is an additional £355 VED cost for the first 5 years if the purchase price was >£50k)

    It seems like older cars won't be on that scheme, so you can have a new electric car and be paying £165pa, or an old diesel and be paying £20pa.

    Theo

    But something happened in 2016 where car tax was very low (for some new
    cars?) for that year, and ongoing for those car. For the same make/model
    of car registered a year later the tax rate was lot higher.

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to junk@admac.myzen.co.uk on Mon Nov 21 16:10:02 2022
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    But something happened in 2016 where car tax was very low (for some new cars?) for that year, and ongoing for those car. For the same make/model
    of car registered a year later the tax rate was lot higher.

    It wasn't anything new, it was just that more cars were released into the lowest
    CO2 brackets. Up to 120g/km and the tax is £30 or less, then for the 10g it jumps to £135.

    On 1 April 2017 the CO2 banding was completely done away with and everyone
    pays a flat tax regardless of CO2, with a £10 discount for hybrid (and currently a 100% discount for electric). The only difference CO2 made was
    in the first year's tax payment (£0 to £2365). There was an additional £355pa for the first 5 years if the car was more than £40k at time of purchase.

    For example, on a Golf the tax is £0 to £30 before the change and £165 after:
    https://www.parkers.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/hatchback-2013/car-tax/
    Some of the diesels qualified for the lowest £0 bracket because they came in just under 100g/km.

    Theo

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  • From Brian@21:1/5 to junk@admac.myzen.co.uk on Tue Nov 22 10:30:22 2022
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On 17/11/2022 15:26, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he
    pays less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what
    is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount.
    Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road
    tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the road
    tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The Mazda
    and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance bands, but
    CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.


    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.


    We had a Smart Car.

    As it’s CO2 emissions (98g) were under some limit, it was “tax free”.

    Our 4x4 hybrid emits just under half as much CO2 (47g) ( ignoring the electricity power station emissions). It is taxed.

    The ULEZ is even more of a joke. We had a Mazda MX5, even though it was a
    1999 one, it’s emissions were very low when tested. BUT the model isn’t on the approved list. There must be countless similar cases. ( ULEZ isn’t CO2 based.)

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  • From RJH@21:1/5 to "Dave Plowman on Tue Nov 22 16:32:21 2022
    On 18 Nov 2022 at 15:18:48 GMT, "Dave Plowman wrote:

    In article <e1841393-541e-4774-b167-bb2635efbe02n@googlegroups.com>,
    john curzon <kirbyx95@gmail.com> wrote:
    So what doesn't make much sense to me to me is that the neighbour's
    Diesel Jaguar emission is 152g/km and my petrol corolla is 168g/km so
    his emission is *lower* than mine. Yet i am allowed in the Ultra Low
    Emission Zone on the inside of the north circular while he is not
    allowed in without paying a charge

    Different criteria. VED is based only on CO2 emissions. ULEZ on emissions other than CO2. If the ULEZ was based on CO2, all large vehicles would
    fail.

    Was in central London the other day. Have to say, the air seemed much cleaner than when I lived there (to 2005), and seemingly better than Sheffield.

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to RJH on Wed Nov 23 16:34:01 2022
    In article <tlitil$4igo$1@dont-email.me>,
    RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    Was in central London the other day. Have to say, the air seemed much
    cleaner than when I lived there (to 2005), and seemingly better than Sheffield.

    I'd hope so. Pretty well all buses are now electric or hybrid. Taxis too.
    And new EU regs on vehicle emissions since then.

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  • From Peter Hill@21:1/5 to Brian on Thu Nov 24 11:11:05 2022
    On 22/11/2022 10:30, Brian wrote:
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On 17/11/2022 15:26, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he
    pays less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what >>>>> is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount.
    Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road
    tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the road
    tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The Mazda
    and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance bands, but
    CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.


    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly
    believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.


    We had a Smart Car.

    As it’s CO2 emissions (98g) were under some limit, it was “tax free”.

    Our 4x4 hybrid emits just under half as much CO2 (47g) ( ignoring the electricity power station emissions). It is taxed.

    The ULEZ is even more of a joke. We had a Mazda MX5, even though it was a 1999 one, it’s emissions were very low when tested. BUT the model isn’t on
    the approved list. There must be countless similar cases. ( ULEZ isn’t CO2 based.)


    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating.

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  • From Robin@21:1/5 to Peter Hill on Thu Nov 24 13:05:49 2022
    On 24/11/2022 11:11, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 22/11/2022 10:30, Brian wrote:
    alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On 17/11/2022 15:26, Peter Hill wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:37, Robin wrote:
    On 16/11/2022 19:07, john curzon wrote:
    My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.
    My Neighbour has a 2005  2.0 litre diesel jaguar.  He tells me he >>>>>> pays less than that with his road tax.  Is he winding me up or what >>>>>> is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount.
    Thanks


    https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/


    I had a 2002 Mazda 323F GXi automatic, petrol 1.6L, 205 g/km. The road >>>> tax for that would be £360.

    I now have a 2016 Infiniti Q30 1.5 DCi city black, Diesel, 103 g/km.
    Road tax £20.

    If I had made the mistake of buying a March 2017 onwards model the road >>>> tax would be £165. It is also just new enough to have ULEZ. The Mazda >>>> and Infiniti have very similar performance, same insurance bands, but
    CO2 emissions of the Diesel are half of the petrol car.


    A friend has a 2016 with a very low road tax. I think maybe at the time
    a car with a stop/start engine (at traffic lights etc.) was mistakenly
    believed, by politicians, to be less populating. By 2017 the chancellor
    had changed his mind.


    We had a Smart Car.

    As it’s CO2 emissions (98g) were under some limit, it was “tax free”. >>
    Our 4x4 hybrid emits just under half as much CO2 (47g) ( ignoring the
    electricity power station emissions). It is taxed.

    The ULEZ is even more of a joke. We had a Mazda MX5, even though it was a
    1999 one, it’s emissions were very low when tested. BUT the model
    isn’t on
    the approved list. There must be countless similar cases. ( ULEZ isn’t
    CO2
    based.)


    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating.

    AFAIK London's ULEZ still defines the standards for low emission
    vehicles in much the same way as in the original Order in 2006. That's
    by reference to limits on emissions certified under EC Standards - Euro
    3, 4, 6 and VI. And TfL's check on who pays is against those figures




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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to Peter Hill on Thu Nov 24 14:59:33 2022
    In article <tlnjfm$n2a$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating.

    Not so. Most petrol cars with catalytic converters are OK - and many from
    the 90s. Diesels have to meet a much later Euro standard.

    My daily driver (petrol) is OK, and 2011. My brothers newer Audi diesel,
    not.

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  • From Fredxx@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 24 15:12:25 2022
    On 24/11/2022 14:59, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
    In article <tlnjfm$n2a$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating.

    Not so. Most petrol cars with catalytic converters are OK - and many from
    the 90s. Diesels have to meet a much later Euro standard.

    My daily driver (petrol) is OK, and 2011. My brothers newer Audi diesel,
    not.

    I know an acquaintance who uses an old Ford Galaxy to enter ULEZones,
    who would normally use a much newer van. From a CO2 POV the van is much
    cleaner but doesn't have the right credentials for ULEZones!

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  • From Dave Plowman (News)@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Sat Nov 26 16:09:44 2022
    In article <tlo1kn$m4p1$2@dont-email.me>,
    Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> wrote:
    On 24/11/2022 14:59, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
    In article <tlnjfm$n2a$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating.

    Not so. Most petrol cars with catalytic converters are OK - and many from the 90s. Diesels have to meet a much later Euro standard.

    My daily driver (petrol) is OK, and 2011. My brothers newer Audi diesel, not.

    I know an acquaintance who uses an old Ford Galaxy to enter ULEZones,
    who would normally use a much newer van. From a CO2 POV the van is much cleaner but doesn't have the right credentials for ULEZones!

    The VED is based on CO2 output. Basically, you pay more the larger the
    engine. With diesels getting the best of the deal.

    The ULEZ introduced a couple of years ago is based on harmful emissions -
    like CO and NOX etc. Which IIRC are measured as a percentage of all
    exhaust gasses - so not penalising larger engines like the VED.

    Interesting point. There was consultation before the proposed extension of
    the ULEZ to all of London next year. 60% were against it but ignored. Of course. Since it is all about raising more money through charges and
    fines. The existing ULEZ has raised about 100m so far - the extended one
    will raise a great deal more, since PT isn't the same alterative outside
    the central part for many.

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  • From Ian Jackson@21:1/5 to dave@davenoise.co.uk on Sat Nov 26 19:40:18 2022
    In message <5a4d782e71dave@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> writes
    In article <tlo1kn$m4p1$2@dont-email.me>,
    Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> wrote:
    On 24/11/2022 14:59, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
    In article <tlnjfm$n2a$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating. >> >
    Not so. Most petrol cars with catalytic converters are OK - and many from >> > the 90s. Diesels have to meet a much later Euro standard.

    My daily driver (petrol) is OK, and 2011. My brothers newer Audi diesel, >> > not.

    I know an acquaintance who uses an old Ford Galaxy to enter ULEZones,
    who would normally use a much newer van. From a CO2 POV the van is much
    cleaner but doesn't have the right credentials for ULEZones!

    The VED is based on CO2 output. Basically, you pay more the larger the >engine. With diesels getting the best of the deal.

    The ULEZ introduced a couple of years ago is based on harmful emissions - >like CO and NOX etc. Which IIRC are measured as a percentage of all
    exhaust gasses - so not penalising larger engines like the VED.

    Interesting point. There was consultation before the proposed extension of >the ULEZ to all of London next year. 60% were against it but ignored. Of >course. Since it is all about raising more money through charges and
    fines. The existing ULEZ has raised about 100m so far - the extended one
    will raise a great deal more, since PT isn't the same alterative outside
    the central part for many.

    If they're going to extend the ULEZ to all of London inside the M25,
    they're going to need one hell of a lot more ANPR cameras to check all
    the vehicles.
    --
    Ian

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Ian Jackson on Sat Nov 26 19:42:47 2022
    Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <5a4d782e71dave@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> writes
    In article <tlo1kn$m4p1$2@dont-email.me>,
    Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> wrote:
    On 24/11/2022 14:59, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
    In article <tlnjfm$n2a$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Peter Hill <skyshac@yahoo.com> wrote:
    ULEZ was introduced 2015. No car before that date will have ULEZ rating. >>>>
    Not so. Most petrol cars with catalytic converters are OK - and many from >>>> the 90s. Diesels have to meet a much later Euro standard.

    My daily driver (petrol) is OK, and 2011. My brothers newer Audi diesel, >>>> not.

    I know an acquaintance who uses an old Ford Galaxy to enter ULEZones,
    who would normally use a much newer van. From a CO2 POV the van is much
    cleaner but doesn't have the right credentials for ULEZones!

    The VED is based on CO2 output. Basically, you pay more the larger the
    engine. With diesels getting the best of the deal.

    The ULEZ introduced a couple of years ago is based on harmful emissions -
    like CO and NOX etc. Which IIRC are measured as a percentage of all
    exhaust gasses - so not penalising larger engines like the VED.

    Interesting point. There was consultation before the proposed extension of >> the ULEZ to all of London next year. 60% were against it but ignored. Of
    course. Since it is all about raising more money through charges and
    fines. The existing ULEZ has raised about 100m so far - the extended one
    will raise a great deal more, since PT isn't the same alterative outside
    the central part for many.

    If they're going to extend the ULEZ to all of London inside the M25,
    they're going to need one hell of a lot more ANPR cameras to check all
    the vehicles.

    I guess one doesn’t need blanket coverage, just fines big enough to make people take notice. Also, how do you know they aren’t there already? We live in a surveillance society.

    Tim

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  • From D A Stocks@21:1/5 to Ian Jackson on Sun Jan 8 23:56:44 2023
    "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote in message news:P4xEcnNiumgjFwV8@brattleho.plus.com...

    If they're going to extend the ULEZ to all of London inside the M25,
    they're going to need one hell of a lot more ANPR cameras to check all the vehicles.

    The zone already exists as the LEZ with camera enforcement for heavy diesel vehicles. There are gaps in the camera coverage on minor roads which will be filled with additional fixed cameras and/or selective spot checks with
    mobile cameras.

    I would also expect to see some minor roads to be blocked altogether
    creating new 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods' and forcing traffic entering the
    zone to pass cameras on nearby major roads.

    --
    DAS

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