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。

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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”。