Crit’Air

[leyorkie]

Seems to me the UK system is a revenue stream for local authorities and the French system a way of reducing pollution.

[hmg]

Again I question how is it policed ?

Anyone ever been pulled over in a UK car and /fined/papped in a CritAir zone?

[Vsix and Vtec]

hmg said:

Again I question how is it policed ?

Anyone ever been pulled over in a UK car and /fined/papped in a CritAir zone?

I've heard of people being checked, but in the four years I've been driving to Le Mans (which has a Crit'air zone) I've never had anyone check my car. The sticker itself doesn't get read by any cameras or anything, that seems to purely be a visual indicator for the police. With the Crit'air being part of an online registration database, it wouldn't be hard to implement an ANPR style automated system like that used for ULEZ, but thus far I've only heard of physical checks (pulled over or checked when already parked up) and even then it was at the port or in Paris.

[MB140]

Vsix and Vtec said:

hmg said:

Again I question how is it policed ?

Anyone ever been pulled over in a UK car and /fined/papped in a CritAir zone?

I've heard of people being checked, but in the four years I've been driving to Le Mans (which has a Crit'air zone) I've never had anyone check my car. The sticker itself doesn't get read by any cameras or anything, that seems to purely be a visual indicator for the police. With the Crit'air being part of an online registration database, it wouldn't be hard to implement an ANPR style automated system like that used for ULEZ, but thus far I've only heard of physical checks (pulled over or checked when already parked up) and even then it was at the port or in Paris.

That’s because the French government know it’s pointless. The French will protest it (which to be honest they know how to do well), they will all be destroyed in a night.

They can’t win a war but my god a few years back the yellow jerseys managed to destroy a lot of the French fixed speed cameras.

[NDA]

I've never really understood the numbering. I have a V8 which has a Crit'Air 1 applied to it - which is the same as a car made from lettuce. In the UK I pay the top rate of VED as it is seen as the work of the devil.

[Truckosaurus]

NDA said:

I've never really understood the numbering. I have a V8 which has a Crit'Air 1 applied to it - which is the same as a car made from lettuce. In the UK I pay the top rate of VED as it is seen as the work of the devil.

It is a cunning plan by The Man to get you pay a load of tax whatever car you drive.

Big engined petrol = lots of CO2 so high VED but few particulates so no ULEZ charge.

Small engined diesel = not much CO2 so low VED but lots of particulates so big ULEZ charge....

[LawrieC]

I think this proves that the politians etc know nothing, except how to take our money.

And yes the road tax will double in April, unless it was £0 when it goes to £100 at least.

[RobbyJ]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mrpl2208no

No more Crit Air or LEZ's in France apparently.

[delta0]

RobbyJ said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mrpl2208no

No more Crit Air or LEZ's in France apparently.

It has to go through a few more stages but it’s a start.

[RobbyJ]

delta0 said:

It has to go through a few more stages but it s a start.

My bad, I was so excited I didn't actually read till the end before I posted it.

[RL17]

From a UK perspective it worked pretty well and the purple sticker fairly cheap for cars compared to UK measures. A replacement scheme by a different government etc out there could be worse.

[df76]

RL17 said:

From a UK perspective it worked pretty well and the purple sticker fairly cheap for cars compared to UK measures. A replacement scheme by a different government etc out there could be worse.

You're likely to end up with a local / regional arrangement, instead of the national system. As you say, it'll probably be worse for us Brits.

[LawrieC]

France's National Assembly has voted to abolish low-emission zones

[Doofus]

LawrieC said:

France's National Assembly has voted to abolish low-emission zones

Yes, we know. That's what this thread has been about since Friday.