How does the new London T-Charge apply to foreign vehicles?
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
up vote
6
down vote
favorite
This year the Mayor of London has announced that a new emissions surcharge will apply to all vehicles that fail to meet certain standards:
From 23 October 2017, cars, vans, minibuses, buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in central London will need to meet minimum exhaust emission standards, or pay a daily £10 Emissions Surcharge (also known as the Toxicity Charge, or T-Charge). This will be in addition to the Congestion Charge.
However assuming I will drive my own foreign vehicle into London it is unclear how the system will work. Assuming my car does fit the right Euro standard, how am I supposed to prove this to UK authorities? Is there a sticker one should buy like in the German Umweltzones?
I presume UK vehicles are in a central database so the government knows their ecological footprint based on their license plate number. But the TfL website doesn't mention how it would work for foreigners.
driving london
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
favorite
This year the Mayor of London has announced that a new emissions surcharge will apply to all vehicles that fail to meet certain standards:
From 23 October 2017, cars, vans, minibuses, buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in central London will need to meet minimum exhaust emission standards, or pay a daily £10 Emissions Surcharge (also known as the Toxicity Charge, or T-Charge). This will be in addition to the Congestion Charge.
However assuming I will drive my own foreign vehicle into London it is unclear how the system will work. Assuming my car does fit the right Euro standard, how am I supposed to prove this to UK authorities? Is there a sticker one should buy like in the German Umweltzones?
I presume UK vehicles are in a central database so the government knows their ecological footprint based on their license plate number. But the TfL website doesn't mention how it would work for foreigners.
driving london
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
5
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
3
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
favorite
up vote
6
down vote
favorite
This year the Mayor of London has announced that a new emissions surcharge will apply to all vehicles that fail to meet certain standards:
From 23 October 2017, cars, vans, minibuses, buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in central London will need to meet minimum exhaust emission standards, or pay a daily £10 Emissions Surcharge (also known as the Toxicity Charge, or T-Charge). This will be in addition to the Congestion Charge.
However assuming I will drive my own foreign vehicle into London it is unclear how the system will work. Assuming my car does fit the right Euro standard, how am I supposed to prove this to UK authorities? Is there a sticker one should buy like in the German Umweltzones?
I presume UK vehicles are in a central database so the government knows their ecological footprint based on their license plate number. But the TfL website doesn't mention how it would work for foreigners.
driving london
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
This year the Mayor of London has announced that a new emissions surcharge will apply to all vehicles that fail to meet certain standards:
From 23 October 2017, cars, vans, minibuses, buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in central London will need to meet minimum exhaust emission standards, or pay a daily £10 Emissions Surcharge (also known as the Toxicity Charge, or T-Charge). This will be in addition to the Congestion Charge.
However assuming I will drive my own foreign vehicle into London it is unclear how the system will work. Assuming my car does fit the right Euro standard, how am I supposed to prove this to UK authorities? Is there a sticker one should buy like in the German Umweltzones?
I presume UK vehicles are in a central database so the government knows their ecological footprint based on their license plate number. But the TfL website doesn't mention how it would work for foreigners.
driving london
driving london
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
edited Oct 16 '17 at 10:08
user67108
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
asked Oct 15 '17 at 11:56
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
46.6k36215462
5
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
3
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05
add a comment |Â
5
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
3
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05
5
5
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
3
3
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
Apparently it's currently unclear. There is a tool on the TfL website to check if your car is liable for the T-Charge, but it returns a strange response for foreign vehicles:
I presume that TfL considers all foreign vehicles exempt by default and only starts charging them if their registration for the London Low Emission Zone shows they're also liable for the T-Charge.
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
Apparently it's currently unclear. There is a tool on the TfL website to check if your car is liable for the T-Charge, but it returns a strange response for foreign vehicles:
I presume that TfL considers all foreign vehicles exempt by default and only starts charging them if their registration for the London Low Emission Zone shows they're also liable for the T-Charge.
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
Apparently it's currently unclear. There is a tool on the TfL website to check if your car is liable for the T-Charge, but it returns a strange response for foreign vehicles:
I presume that TfL considers all foreign vehicles exempt by default and only starts charging them if their registration for the London Low Emission Zone shows they're also liable for the T-Charge.
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
up vote
0
down vote
accepted
Apparently it's currently unclear. There is a tool on the TfL website to check if your car is liable for the T-Charge, but it returns a strange response for foreign vehicles:
I presume that TfL considers all foreign vehicles exempt by default and only starts charging them if their registration for the London Low Emission Zone shows they're also liable for the T-Charge.
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
Apparently it's currently unclear. There is a tool on the TfL website to check if your car is liable for the T-Charge, but it returns a strange response for foreign vehicles:
I presume that TfL considers all foreign vehicles exempt by default and only starts charging them if their registration for the London Low Emission Zone shows they're also liable for the T-Charge.
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:49
JonathanReez♦
46.6k36215462
46.6k36215462
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f103737%2fhow-does-the-new-london-t-charge-apply-to-foreign-vehicles%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Clash Royale CLAN TAG
5
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but can comment that driving in central London is so unpleasant that a good strategy might be to park outside the congestion zone, and take public transit to your destination. This would avoid the congestion and emissions charges.
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 15:34
@JimMacKenzie maybe with the new congestion charge the roads will free up? :)
– JonathanReez♦
Oct 15 '17 at 16:33
3
a person can dream :)
– Jim MacKenzie
Oct 15 '17 at 17:05