{"id":260532,"date":"2023-06-03T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260532"},"modified":"2023-06-03T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:45:10","slug":"glasgow-low-emission-zone-bans-older-cars-from-city-centre-and-penalties-are-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260532","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow Low Emission Zone Bans Older Cars From City Centre \u2013 and Penalties Are HUGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0TOBY YOUNG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Enforcement of Scotland\u2019s first Low Emission Zone (LEZ) begins tomorrow and will see drivers of older vehicles entering the forbidden zone with huge fines that double with each subsequent breach. The Mail<\/em> has more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

The scheme is far stricter than London\u2019s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and Birmingham\u2019s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), both of which have daily charges for drivers who enter in non-compliant vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the first Scottish LEZ introduced in Glasgow from Thursday is a blanket ban on older cars that\u2019s operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year \u2013 and with harsh punishments for those who fail to adhere to the restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A driver entering the LEZ in a non-compliant older car will be hit with a \u00a360 penalty charge notice \u2013 and if they break the rules again, the PCN amount doubles each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite enforcement due to start in less than 24 hours, the city council is facing a late bid to have it delayed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glasgow is the first of Scotland\u2019s four biggest cities to enforce the LEZ scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While signage and automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras have also been installed in preparation for similar zones in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh since last May, Glasgow City Council is the first to set them live from June 1st 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dundee\u2019s won\u2019t be enforced for another year from May 30th 2024, and in Aberdeen and Edinburgh from June 1st 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extended delay between installation and enforcement of the zones is intended to give drivers and businesses time to prepare and replace their older \u2013 non-compliant \u2013 motors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, time is due to run out for those living and commuting into Glasgow from tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth\u00a0reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enforcement of Scotland\u2019s first Low Emission Zone (LEZ) begins tomorrow and will see drivers of older vehicles entering the forbidden zone with huge fines that double with each subsequent breach. The\u00a0Mail\u00a0has more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":260536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819933,691819934,691819935],"class_list":{"0":"post-260532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-glasgow","9":"tag-low-emission-zone","10":"tag-ulez","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/00_PDP_SDR_160919_fumes_005JPG.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-15M8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277376,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277376","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":0},"title":"Glasgow\u2019s Strict Ulez-Style Scheme Under Fire After Air Pollution Rises 10%","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite being implemented to improve air quality by restricting older vehicles, Glasgow\u2019s Low Emission Zone has resulted in a 10% increase in traffic-related pollution levels.","rel":"","context":"In \"Economic costs\"","block_context":{"text":"Economic costs","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=economic-costs"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Ulez-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Ulez-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Ulez-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Ulez-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Ulez-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":300846,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=300846","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":1},"title":"Families driving to south of France face \u00a3400 cost for tolls and green charges","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/02\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Families face paying more than \u00a3400 in tolls and green charges alone when driving to the south of France\u00a0\u2013\u00a0double the cost of flying.","rel":"","context":"In \"low emission zones\"","block_context":{"text":"low emission zones","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=low-emission-zones"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01600px_COLOURBOX28400811.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01600px_COLOURBOX28400811.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01600px_COLOURBOX28400811.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01600px_COLOURBOX28400811.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01600px_COLOURBOX28400811.jpg?fit=1200%2C903&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":381266,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381266","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":2},"title":"MPs from Left and Right in France vote to ditch \u201clow emission zones\u201d and bans on old cars","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It all flipped so quickly: Only six months ago\u00a0President Macron was hurling France into a climate changing roadmap\u00a0of the Octopus kind. The people of France were going to have to buy EVs, work from home, swap the filet mignon for tofu, and take fewer flights overseas. Even large screen televisions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"car zoning\"","block_context":{"text":"car zoning","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=car-zoning"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-18_11_06.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-18_11_06.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-18_11_06.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-18_11_06.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0ChatGPT-Image-3.-Juni-2025-18_11_06.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":268778,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268778","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":3},"title":"New homes could be blocked unless Ulez-style schemes are agreed\u00a0first","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"22\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"It is thoroughly devious for them to claim that their role is only to advise. As the article points out, any local authority who ignores this \u201cadvice\u201d is likely to face lengthy and expensive legal action, courtesy of Tony Juniper\u2019s friends in Greenpeace and the rest.","rel":"","context":"In \"clean air zone\"","block_context":{"text":"clean air zone","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=clean-air-zone"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-645.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-645.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-645.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-645.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-645.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":409875,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=409875","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":4},"title":"Sadiq Khan’s hated ULEZ expansion had NO impact on air pollution","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sadiq Khan\u2019s Ulez failed to lower pollution levels, a study has found.","rel":"","context":"In \"Air quality\"","block_context":{"text":"Air quality","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=air-quality"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQN67nfk_KTO1yzjMCsnEzh53bS90FZGDozA_pYpK8O9jjhHoz7Rn4a8d1Mps9QXkiGRkzPe33R3kVE0WFItFhd0TNVjVDavQU9zFz5X5BTmjDYcFes8KQtOGlw-XKk-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQN67nfk_KTO1yzjMCsnEzh53bS90FZGDozA_pYpK8O9jjhHoz7Rn4a8d1Mps9QXkiGRkzPe33R3kVE0WFItFhd0TNVjVDavQU9zFz5X5BTmjDYcFes8KQtOGlw-XKk-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQN67nfk_KTO1yzjMCsnEzh53bS90FZGDozA_pYpK8O9jjhHoz7Rn4a8d1Mps9QXkiGRkzPe33R3kVE0WFItFhd0TNVjVDavQU9zFz5X5BTmjDYcFes8KQtOGlw-XKk-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQN67nfk_KTO1yzjMCsnEzh53bS90FZGDozA_pYpK8O9jjhHoz7Rn4a8d1Mps9QXkiGRkzPe33R3kVE0WFItFhd0TNVjVDavQU9zFz5X5BTmjDYcFes8KQtOGlw-XKk-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0AQN67nfk_KTO1yzjMCsnEzh53bS90FZGDozA_pYpK8O9jjhHoz7Rn4a8d1Mps9QXkiGRkzPe33R3kVE0WFItFhd0TNVjVDavQU9zFz5X5BTmjDYcFes8KQtOGlw-XKk-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C712&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":275722,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275722","url_meta":{"origin":260532,"position":5},"title":"London\u2019s ULEZ Policy: A Classic Irony in Action","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"26\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This move by Londoners to sidestep the ULEZ charge is eerily reminiscent of Cuba\u2019s streets filled with classic cars from the 1950s, following the cut-off of auto imports from the United States.","rel":"","context":"In \"Cuba\u2019s streets\"","block_context":{"text":"Cuba\u2019s streets","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=cubas-streets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00featuredimageresized.60dc8c6d4c00e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00featuredimageresized.60dc8c6d4c00e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00featuredimageresized.60dc8c6d4c00e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00featuredimageresized.60dc8c6d4c00e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/00featuredimageresized.60dc8c6d4c00e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260537,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260532\/revisions\/260537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}