Drivers with a diesel vehicle of 2001 entering the center of Utrecht, risking a fine of 90 euros. After years of preparation and months of warning, the municipality will summon from 1 May for violating the rules of the emission zone.
Utrecht is the first city in the Netherlands with a low emission for all the old diesel vehicles. For trucks gold been a ban on driving in the city center, but since 1 January this year may also old cars and vans diesel no longer in the city. Is monitored with cameras, flash cars and supervisors.
roads
Since January 1, there are along the approach roads to the center cameras. Photographing each license plate. Who has an old car, a few 100 meters will see a red “no” flashing: the environmental area is prohibited. During the first months followed a warning, but as of Friday fall fines on the bus. Along all roads are since this week also special prohibition signs.
Who lives in the environmental zone and has a dirty car, can receive funding for the scrapping of the car and for the purchase of a clean car. According to the municipality there since early this year done thousands of applications. “About 2 to 3 percent of car owners in the center has an old car, ” says the municipality.
Foreign tourists
The environmental zone also applies to foreign tourists, “They can see the same warnings.” But owners of vintage cars spring may dance if their antique cars 40 years or older, who falls under an exemption. Automobile Club KNAC announced Thursday partly steps on behalf of dozens of classic car clubs for the right to run back the Utrecht environmental zone, but the car clubs have so possibly nothing to fear.
The KNAC find an environmental nonsense and states that such areas in Germany deliver nothing. Utrecht says that the air in and around the German environmental zones measurable pieces has become cleaner, while accelerated old cars off the road disappear.
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