Electric cars.

[Northern_Brewer]

Yep, get that. I suppose the point I was trying to make was that the introduction of a congestion charging zone has not solved the issue of congestion and the ULEZ zone has not solved the issue of polluted air. They were clearly never designed to do so, they were designed to raise revenue only.

What do you mean by "solve" in this case? The congestion charge reduced traffic by 15% per the link above - what level of traffic would you regard as "solving" "congestion"? Reducing traffic by 30%? 50%? Because you can do that, just by increasing the charge. Heck, make it £1000/day and you'd have almost no traffic at all, just Ferraris and Rolls Royces bombing up and down the streets of central London.

You seem to be saying the problem with the congestion charge is that it isn't high enough to reduce traffic by the amount you want.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

You seem to be saying the problem with the congestion charge is that it isn't high enough to reduce traffic by the amount you want.

Not at all. Charging for road use doesn’t deter the richest and they tend to be the ones with the most polluting cars.

Regardless of the stats, I can guarantee I can’t drive from one side of the congestion charge zone to the other any quicker now that I could before the charge was introduced so I question whether there is any real reduction in traffic and I still sit in solid traffic (breathing in the same traffic fumes) for the same one and a quarter hours on my way to work in London twice a week as I did before the ULEZ was introduced.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Not at all. Charging for road use doesn’t deter the richest and they tend to be the ones with the most polluting cars.

Regardless of the stats, I can guarantee I can’t drive from one side of the congestion charge zone any quicker now that I could before the charge was introduced so I question whether there is any real reduction in traffic and I still sit in solid traffic (breathing in the same traffic fumes) for the same one and a quarter hours on my way to work in London twice a week as I did before the ULEZ was introduced.

It's all about the money, Mr Kahn is a c--t who does not give a flying f--k how many people die