每日10英鎊 倫敦向老舊車輛徵收'毒氣費'

Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles now have to pay almost twice as much to drive in central London.

如今，司機在倫敦市中心駕駛較老舊、污染更嚴重的車輛所須支付的費用幾乎翻倍。

Mayor Sadiq Khan's 10 pounds T-Charge, or "toxicity charge", which mainly applies to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006, has come into force.

倫敦市長薩迪克·汗提出的10英鎊的“毒氣費”於近日正式生效，課徵對象主要是在2006年前註冊的柴油車和汽油車。

It covers the same area as the existing congestion charge zone, bumping up the cost to 21.5 pounds for those affected.

毒氣費的徵收區域與現有的擁堵費的徵收區域重疊，將受影響司機的應納稅費增至21.5英鎊。

The measure is the latest attempt by Khan to improve air quality in the city and, according to the mayor's office, will affect 34,000 motorists a month.

此舉是薩迪克爲改善倫敦空氣質量做出的最新嘗試。市長辦公室稱，毒氣費每月將影響3.4萬名司機。

Speaking on the Today program, Khan said: "We've got a health crisis in London caused by the poor quality air. Roughly speaking each year more than 9,000 Londoners die prematurely because of the poor quality air."

薩迪克在《今日》節目上表示：“糟糕的空氣質量在倫敦引發了一場健康危機。粗略地講，每年有9000多名倫敦人因爲空氣質量差而過早死亡。”

Opponents said the scheme would "disproportionately penalize London's poorest drivers".

反對者稱，這一制度對“倫敦最貧窮的司機來說是極爲不利的”。