Half a million city motorists to be priced off road this year

half a million motorists in London and Birmingham could be priced off the road this year as a result of clean air zone charges.
On 8 October 2021, the London ULEZ (ultra-low emission zone) – which currently covers the same area of central London as the Congestion charge zone – will expand to cover the whole of London within the North and South circular roads.

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This indicates owners of pre-Euro 4 petrol or pre-Euro 6 diesel automobiles living in London will be required to pay £12.50 each day they wish to use the road.
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Meanwhile, Birmingham’s clean air zone comes into force on 1 June 2021. Again, any individual with a pre-Euro 4 petrol or pre-Euro 6 diesel automobile will have to cough up a daily fee of £8 to drive within the limits of the A4540 Middleway ring Road.
The AA says London’s ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) cameras have picked up a ULEZ non-compliance rate of 16 per cent among petrol automobiles and 42 per cent among diesels.
In 2019, inner London had a automobile population of 194,200 diesels and 513,600 petrols, with 163,700 likely to be non-compliant. add in the 91,200 non-compliant automobiles in boroughs that will find large numbers of their roads within the ULEZ in October, plus the thousands on other affected roads, and the number of non-compliant automobiles in London is expected to be between 250,000 and 300,000.