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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
Trying to control pollution levels in individual cities by micromanaging people's driving habits is futile. You're simply not going to be able to pry people out of their cars -- not in America, anyway.
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The congestion charge isn't really intended to address pollution, although that is an obvious benefit. Its designed to reduce the amount of cars entering Central London.
Additional information regarding the issue (from CNN)
"A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said the embassy had only stopped paying the fee from July 1, when it was increased from £5 ($8.73) to £8 ($13.96)."
Which surely answers the question when is a charge a tax? When you don't want to pay it any more.........