Welcome to the new reality

Alt Tv/Fleet FM Breakfast News Comment
Welcome to the new reality
The price of an imported used car is set to rise after the Government imposed limits on exhaust emissions in a bid to cut pollution. From January 3, imported used cars made before 1998 will in effect be banned, unless they meet emissions standards to be toughened in 2009 and 2012. Though the initial standards are softer than those outlined in May, the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association warned the rules would increase used car prices by about $5000.

As much as the used car industry wants to bitch and post nasty adverts attacking the position of the Government, the reality is that car prices HAVE to go up in an effort to curb emissions from shitty cars, that HAS to be backed up with a new fine system for car exhausts that exceed emission standards as the industry’s main claim is that more expensive cars will mean people will hold onto shitty cars longer, this must be tackled with emission cameras, similar to speed cameras that measure the emissions of a cars exhaust as the car passes it, and if the emissions from the car are too high, the owner has a photograph of the license and a fine is sent. Those two sticks have to be tempered with the carrot of real investment in public transport to offset the increased costs of private transport costs, indeed all revenue made from emission fines or emission standards should go to public transport.