#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
Prepare for major changes on the roads as draconian driver licence restrictions roll out, and EVs get slapped with London’s Congestion Charge starting in 2025. The rising costs of driving are dampening the driving spirit, and potholes continue to wreak havoc on our vehicles. The battle against motorists is intensifying, and it’s set to escalate with the upcoming government changes.
Six months on from the expansion of ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) to cover the whole of London, in August 2023 and the London Mayor still hasn’t released impact data to prove that it’s improved the air quality in the expanded zones. And it won’t be released until after the elections in May 2024. However, I shot two videos last year, taking an ELITECH Temptop air quality meter around London, covering firstly the previous ULEZ zone in part 1 and the proposed area of expansion in Part 2. This means I can directly compare my findings today, six months on from the expansion to the data I had before, to see if there has been any improvement in air quality. This is what I do in this video. And the results may surprise you – they certainly astonished me!
As a car owner and driver, do you feel put upon by rising insurance and running costs, the high prices of new cars, and taxation? Well, that’s nothing compared to what’s coming. The War on Motorists is real, it’s global and it’s coming for you and your car.
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Are the anti-ULEZ protests fizzling out? Have we still got gas in the tank? ULEZ has happened. Is all lost? Has this demotivated resistance? Do we need to think beyond ULEZ and look at the wider, global war on cars and motorists? Just how far will the anti-car lobby go? And what can we do to defend our right to own a car, our right to freedom of movement, to the freedom to choose how we get around?
Two days ago, Rishi Sunak’s government put out The Plan for Drivers, its manifesto for cars and motoring going forward, with a foreword by Mark Harper. What does it say, is it really an end to the ‘War on Motorists’ that Rishi claimed? Let’s take a deep dive look in this video. Here’s where you can download it
