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London's Mayor Wants Volkswagen To Pay $3 Million In Lost Tolls (citiesofthefuture.eu)
dkatana writes: Since the U.K. government has done nothing to make Volkswagen pay for Dieselgate, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is asking VW to come up with 2.5 million pounds ($3 million) to compensate the city and its residents for the 80,000 diesel cars fitted with cheat devices. "I want to see a proper commitment from them [VW] to fully compensate the thousands of Londoners who bought Volkswagen cars in good faith, but whose diesel engines are now contributing to London's killer air."
The money will be used to fund a new air-quality program for London's schoolchildren, and Mayor Khan is also asking the government to create "a national diesel scrappage" program to help replace vehicles.
The money will be used to fund a new air-quality program for London's schoolchildren, and Mayor Khan is also asking the government to create "a national diesel scrappage" program to help replace vehicles.
England doesn't have "programs". It's called a programme, darn it.
id argue a polluter toll is nothing more than a tax to keep out the poor myself ~GD
The poor don't really have to worry about the polluter toll in London. The city has a very efficient public transport system which stands a good chance of getting them where they are going every bit as quickly than the drivers who are rich enough to pay the pollution toll.
That's because you're a bit dim, isn't it? If you had half a brain, you'd know that the vast majority of poor people who live in London don't have access to a car. They travel by public transport.