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| Low emission zone baffles drivers | Low emission zone baffles drivers |
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| London drivers are getting confused by signs for the Low Emission Zone (LEZ), a motoring organisation has warned. | London drivers are getting confused by signs for the Low Emission Zone (LEZ), a motoring organisation has warned. |
| The Automobile Association (AA) said it received hundreds of calls from baffled motorists who did not understand the purpose of the LEZ or who it affected. | The Automobile Association (AA) said it received hundreds of calls from baffled motorists who did not understand the purpose of the LEZ or who it affected. |
| Road users were particularly confused by the signs which have sprung up across London and out to the M25. | Road users were particularly confused by the signs which have sprung up across London and out to the M25. |
| From Monday morning the most heavily polluting lorries faced charges of £200 per day to enter Greater London. | From Monday morning the most heavily polluting lorries faced charges of £200 per day to enter Greater London. |
| Many seem to think it is linked to the Mayor's plan to tax 4x4s more for congestion Edmund King, AA president | Many seem to think it is linked to the Mayor's plan to tax 4x4s more for congestion Edmund King, AA president |
| Cameras check all lorries over 12-tonnes entering the zone against a database of vehicles certified as meeting EU exhaust limits. | Cameras check all lorries over 12-tonnes entering the zone against a database of vehicles certified as meeting EU exhaust limits. |
| AA president Edmund King said: "Many motorists do not seem to have a clue what the signs mean. | AA president Edmund King said: "Many motorists do not seem to have a clue what the signs mean. |
| "Some may be worried to venture past the M25 as they don't know what the LEZ is. | "Some may be worried to venture past the M25 as they don't know what the LEZ is. |
| "Many seem to think it is linked to the Mayor's plan to tax 4x4s more for congestion. The signs do not make it clear that it does not affect cars." | "Many seem to think it is linked to the Mayor's plan to tax 4x4s more for congestion. The signs do not make it clear that it does not affect cars." |
| Mr King added: "Rather than set up such a bureaucratic and complex scheme it would be more effective to target the minority of gross polluting vehicles." | Mr King added: "Rather than set up such a bureaucratic and complex scheme it would be more effective to target the minority of gross polluting vehicles." |
| 'Worked well' | 'Worked well' |
| He said questions from baffled road users had included whether it meant "beware of smog" and whether it was OK for asthma suffers to enter. | He said questions from baffled road users had included whether it meant "beware of smog" and whether it was OK for asthma suffers to enter. |
| A Transport for London spokesman said it had received only three calls from people concerned about the scheme. | A Transport for London spokesman said it had received only three calls from people concerned about the scheme. |
| He said: "The Low Emission Zone systems have worked well today, London's roads are operating as normal, and Transport for London has received few calls from car drivers. | He said: "The Low Emission Zone systems have worked well today, London's roads are operating as normal, and Transport for London has received few calls from car drivers. |
| "Should the AA receive any calls from car drivers they need only advise them they are not affected and need take no action." | "Should the AA receive any calls from car drivers they need only advise them they are not affected and need take no action." |
| Green Party mayoral candidate Siân Berry said drivers have had plenty of warning about the scheme. | |
| She said: "It's about time we had this brought in. | |
| "The most important thing to me is Londoners' health and well-being and air pollution is one of the major causes of death in London at the moment." |