Priority for electric cars

[cybersimon]

This caught my eye

Electric cars could be given priority at traffic lights and exempted from one-way systems, under new proposals.

especially this bit

exempted from one-way systems

WFT - exempted from one-way systems

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37654584]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37654584{/url}

[Laurel Green]

cybersimon said:

This caught my eye

Electric cars could be given priority at traffic lights and exempted from one-way systems, under new proposals.

especially this bit

exempted from one-way systems

WFT - exempted from one-way systems

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37654584

Have fixed your web link as it did not work.

[drdel]

Not practical - how do you get around the normal car in front to take advantage of your electric car's priority?

You could allow EVs to use Bus lanes.

[FidoGoRetroGo]

They should have to wait longer as they aren't producing any emmissions.

[untakenname]

What a load of bs, I can see it backfiring if it is implemented as if they instil a 'them vs us' mentality then I can see it quickly escalating to EV's being unplugged/snipped when left charging overnight.

[AndrewH7]

So they'd be a police officer listening to check that only the quiet electric 1s go up 1 way street? Then the other cars'll just push it back again? Guess traffic lights can tell from electric & others?

[HustleRussell]

Total own goal. Incentivise consumers to buy electric cars to improve air quality, consequently have combustion engine cars sitting around idling in congested city centre queues.

FidoGoRetroGo said:

They should have to wait longer as they aren't producing any emissions.