Tag: Penalties
Grenoble sues France
Grenoble is the first French city to sue the state for inaction on air pollution. Grenoble is demanding the annulment of the Plan for the Protection of the Atmosphere (PPA3) because the limits set are too high. So far, only individuals or associations had sued.
ULEZ London: fines illegal?!
A long-distance driver received an exorbitant fine for failing to pre-register for access to the London environmental zone. Now he is fighting the fine and forming a class action lawsuit against the British capital.
Exhaust manipulation: Tuner must go to prison
After the VW-emissions-scandal, a 35-year-old American is now at the centre of the diesel controversy. Because he sold exhaust manipulation devices, he now has to go to prison - as the price for the environmental damage he caused.
Environmental zones: Higher penalties for SUV drivers?
In the case of a red light violation, the Frankfurt District Court decided to punish a SUV driver more severely than others. Can similar car type-based arguments also be invoked in environmental zones? Or do they remain arbitrary and constitutionally questionable?
Antwerp: Got Fined?
It's annoying: you drive into an environmental zone without noticing it and only find out about it when the fine notice flutters into your house. That doesn't have to be the case.
New York: "Private Sheriffs" against air polluters
New York has had enough of truck drivers who stand around with their engines running and pollute the air. Anyone who displays such a vehicle receives a sum of money.
Low Emission Zone: Penalty Tickets for Ukraine Refugees
For more than ten years, you have needed a fine dust sticker if you drive your car in the city centre of Hanover. The residents of Hanover know this, but not refugees from Odessa on the Black Sea. A refugee couple with a child has now received a ticket in Hanover because they did not have the appropriate environmental sticker on their car.
Next rip-off: new car and truck tolls
The calculation is very simple: if more and more combustion cars are taken out of circulation and more and more drivers switch to electric vehicles, the tax revenues collected from the sale of mineral oil will decrease. By 2030, these revenues will even fall by around 50 percent compared to 2020. In concrete figures: Revenues will drop by 13 billion euros.
Over 200 cars use closed Jungfernstieg
Since mid-October 2020, the Jungfernstieg on Hamburg's Binnenalster has been closed to traffic. But many drivers still ignore this ban.
Brenner Pass: High costs for old vehicles
The governor of South Tyrol has submitted a concept to the government in Rome that is intended to re-regulate transit traffic over the Brenner Pass. The digital system is supposed to make traffic more environmentally friendly and the air cleaner.