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Ban these noxious urban monstrosities
• CAMDEN Council’s proposal, reported last week, to charge 60 per cent more to park large-engined cars is a cynical sop to very real concerns about urban 4x4s (Come in 4x4s, your time is up, January, 11).
The Lib Dems and Tories are jumping on a green bandwagon, but this policy will be totally ineffective. Few if any people who can afford to own and run a 4x4 will be deterred by a £50 a year premium. Instead they may think that having paid their £50 they can drive their SUV with a clear conscience. However such vehicles not only accelerate climate change, they also clog up streets for other road users and they are over twice as likely to kill innocent children, pedestrians, cyclists, other drivers, etc. They are not appropriate for Camden.
A more effective policy would be to give a reasonable notice period – say three years – and then ban on-street parking of 4x4s altogether. A few compounds could be provided for them near the edges of the borough.
The council have missed an opportunity to act in favour of the vast majority who don’t benefit from owing 4x4s but who suffer their manifold adverse effects.
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