Paris Bans Half Of Automobiles After Air Pollution Levels Become Dangerous

Paris, the city of love has banned half of the petrol and diesel cars on Monday, after pollution levels in the air have reached dangerous levels.

According to the local administration, in Paris and 22 surrounding areas only vehicles with odd-numbered registration plates will be allowed to drive. If the situation doesn’t change, Tuesday – the administration will ban odd-numbered registration plates and allow those with even-numbered plates.
 Good news for those who own a hybrid or electric vehicle, as these rules won’t apply to them. More than 700 police officers will be stationed 60 checkpoints around the French capital to ensure that only vehicles and motorcycles with number plates ending in odd digits are on the roads
 

JDMUSMuscle - 3/17/2014 5:06:00 PM

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The problem is that the European automakers mainly focus on diesel, which is worse than petrol engines.

On the other hand, the Japanese automakers care about environment, and there is a good reason as to why Toyota was the only automaker that cared so much about hybrid for so many years.

MattDarringer - 3/17/2014 7:31:59 PM

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Typical French idiocy. Instead of enforcing tough emission standards, their solution is to compromise the freedoms of citizens.