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London's new ULEZ zone dodged!

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Athame57:
My beloved Honda CB400F2 was officially registered as 'Historic' on April 1st in that she is 40 years old, as most of us know that means I didn't have to spend £66.00 on road tax or £35.00 on an MOT certificate, nor will I have to anymore at all. But the real saving is that I will not, unlike most people after April 12th, have to pay £12.50 a day for the privilege to ride in central London! The new ULEZ is Sadiq Khan's stealth tax for his pet projects I bet, because very few people drive in central London if they don't need to, and it means many people will simply take the long way around. I know how to navigate the place and on two wheels so I go there often, it helps having heritage between my legs!!! To check if you are affected (you probably are not) here is the ULEZ checker... https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/vrm-checker-ulez?fbclid=IwAR1wvdHPzUNlgxQ6F2rpCDIg3aRKk7pjn8GqNn4KdVSYg_DuL7gqrU_FuRE

Laverda Dave:
Well done for avoiding the charge. I didn't know the historic status applied as a way of avoiding the charge.  the bad news is there are plans to extend the ULEZ charge in a couple of yearss to anything inside the north and south circular so in other words, everybody will pay!
In my opinion if they want to protect the future generations from pollution in London the first thing they should do is to ban the daily school runs made by parents who are too lazy to walk their kids to school and give them some much needed excercise! It's chronic around Ruislip where I live in the mornings and afternoons with SUV's carrying one child with the parent stopping on the yellow 'no parking' zigzag lines outside the school! It's strange how parents insist the goverment do something about greenhouse gases etc and yet they themselves pollute the air around the very schools where their kids are taught! There are three underground lines around here and about 10 bus routes (on which the kids get free travel) and still the parents insist on taking kids to school in cars in case of boogey men! I run in the mornings and you can taste the diesel fumes at road junctions (and it was the goverment who insisted we all buy diesels!).
When I was a kid in the 60's/70's I had to walk two miles to school and back, we couldn't afford a car, strange though that I'm fit and healthy, most likely due to daily excercise taken from an early age!
Dont forget the ULEZ charge will only apply to working class people with old cars and motorbikes, the rich in their new cars and company cars will still drive in for free just paying the congestion charge.
Rant over, shall we discuss #@%$ now to lighten the mood  ;)......

Davelu88:
Dont mention the B word  ;D

SumpMagnet:
Hmm.....so if I buy another pre '79 frame.....and then drop in a modern motor and running gear.....I have a 'historic' vehicle

Green1:
One of many reasons I stopped working in London.
I was offered a small fortune kitchen painting but I would rather travel three times the distance in the opposite direction for half the money.

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