Petition Ban Diesel Vehicles from City Centers

This Monday pollution levels in areas of the UK were higher than in parts of Beijing, China.

Diesel vehicles produce 80% of this pollution and cars produce 10x the same pollution from trucks and busses.

I call upon the government to introduce a ban on these vehicles from city centers.

More details

The ban should be implemented by 2018 as part of the government plan to fight pollution due in April.

The fine should be 10x the current value of the car tax for that vehicle class plus interest. Considerations should be made for the age of the vehicle and the level of pollution so that dirtier cars are more heavily penalised.

Buses should be mandated to be petrol hybrid or electric and trucks may have an exemption during off-peak hours but companies should be forced to pay an emissions tax.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

48 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 48 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 3 May 2017
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.