WARNING! Since 2015 and the appearance of Crit’Air vignettes, traffic restrictions apply to certain vehicles in large cities. Shall we summarize together? đ #MyMoreResponsibleProject
â Postal Bank (@LaBanquePostale) August 30, 2022
Like Paris, many other French cities have decided to create ZFEs (low emission zones). The goal? Ban the most polluting cars based on their Crit’Air sticker, which only takes into account the year of registration. The older the car, the higher the number. If the government predicts that in the long term all major cities will become decontamination zones, at the moment only a few of them are. One of them is Toulouse, and the municipality already bans cars with Crit’Air 4 and 5 stickers. Of course, this rule should become even stricter in the next few years. Nevertheless, the metropolitan council could introduce a new measure.
â Only vehicles equipped with a CRIT’AIR sticker 0, 1, 2 or 3 will be allowed to travel during peak hours #pollution in the metropolis of Bordeaux pic.twitter.com/fO9UbIEga0
â Prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde (@PrefAquitaine33) August 29, 2022
Good news
Indeed, and as La DĂ©pĂȘche du Midi explains, there are rumoursan exception may be set for the most polluting cars. Vehicles with decals normally prohibited for the ZFE will be able to travel through the city for 52 days a year. It’s not much, but it should make the tablet better for interested owners. Therefore, this decision should apply in particular to small rollers and will already exist in other large cities, as explained by François Chollet, vice president of the ZFE ” Brussels gives eight days of grace, Strasbourg – 12 days, Lyon likes us. The state leaves us a certain latitude. It seems reasonable to us“.
some limitation
Although the contours of this rule have not yet been detailed, it is said that interested motorists will have to comply opt-out request before each exit. This should then be done online, but no response time has been given yet. Because it will require some organization from the drivers. After that, the certificate will have to be presented to the police in case of an inspection. On the other hand, it should be a bit more difficult when the verbalization will be done by cameras… it remains to be seen how the municipality will act at that time.
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Source: La DĂ©pĂȘche du Midi
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