✅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
– Prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde (@PrefAquitaine33) August 29, 2022
ZFEs (low emission zones) have existed in France for several years. Then it’s a system based on the Crit’Air sticker, which bans access to some major cities for older cars. Then they are effectively deemed too polluting and shut down, often within a week, as in Paris. Obviously very discriminatory, especially towards those who cannot afford to buy a newer and therefore “cleaner” car. And it shouldn’t get any better, while all major cities with populations over 150,000 will soon become ZEPs.
WARNING ! Since 2015 and the appearance of Crit’Air vignettes, traffic restrictions apply to certain vehicles in large cities. Shall we summarize together? 🚙 #MyMoreResponsibleProject
– Postal Bank (@LaBanquePostale) August 30, 2022
A new draft law
A measure that particularly annoys motorists’ protection associations, which regularly try to change the situation. This is especially true 40 million motorists, currently in the process of drafting a bill aimed at making these ZEPs more flexible. It will soon be presented to the National Assembly for consideration. He then explains that “ we propose to make a bad law very good. We told ourselves that we will keep the ZFE, that we will keep the perimeter (metropolitan cities with a population of more than 150,000). We’ll just add an amendment. We will amend this law. »
A more flexible system
The press secretary of the association, reports Avto-Moto, explains that ” vehicles covered by ZFE (Crit’Air 3, 4, 5 and beyond) will be able to receive a humiliating and annual title provided they pass ecological verification“. This will be done in technical control centers. In this way, it will allow old but well-maintained cars to still be able to circulate, saving the most modest motorists from having to buy a new car. It remains to be seen if this offer will be accepted…
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Source: Auto Plus
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