The German government has announced that Historic vehicles will be exempt from restrictions, or fines, resulting from the Low Emissions Zones currently being set up in many cities.
On the surface it’s an encouraging initiative but reading the definition of Historic vehicle, as applied by the German authorities, shows the problems with creating a tight definition.
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Once again out European cousins lead the way in clamping down on emissions and are banning many cars from their city centres. There are exemptions for ORIGINAL unmodified Historic vehicle over 30 years old but if your car is made between 1978 and 1993 you won’t be allowed in.
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In the response from 10 Downing Street regarding a petition against ‘banning or restricting the use of older cars’ an interesting point was observed.
Regarding the Low Emission Zone and it’s future plans to include “lighter vehicles such as large vans” Number 10 have also stated that “For the vehicles that are included, there is an exemption for ‘historic vehicles’ built before 1st January 1973.”
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This piece of flagship legislation currently only applies to vehicles over 3.5 tons and older than 2001 but is going to be extended by 2012.
In October 2010, lighter goods and commercial passenger vehicles will come into the scheme, with a charge of ONLY £100 per day ! When this occurs, several groups of ‘private’ vehicles will become chargeable, most notably Land Rovers that wer Read More