- Reference: 2007/0275-1
- Question by: Damian Hockney
- Meeting date: 05 December 2007
Motorists driving five year old petrol engined saloons with automatic gearboxes, like a Mondeo or maybe an older VW Beetle, will pay £25 a day Congestion Charge and no residents' discount, while those who buy BMW's newX5 - the definitive "Urban 4x4" - will not. Is it fair that these people will lose their residents' discount and will have to pay £25 a day, while their wealthy X5 owning neighbours get away with 80p? And do you realise that the impression of congestion charging you are giving is directly damaging the chances of it being introduced in other cities once...