Bill to stop smokers takes first step
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• A bill set to get its first reading in parliament in the next few weeks proposes to introduce a maximum £5,000 fine for drivers of smoky diesels caught by local authority officers in London.
Bill proposer Westminster Council says recent targeting of smoky trucks and vans by the Vehicle Inspectorate is made
(pate because of the VI's limited resources.
Westminster's principal environmental health officer heading the pollution control team Chris Cawley says the bill has a good chance of getting through and would work in a similar way to London's new parking regulations.
A driver caught with a
smoky vehicle would be given a fixed penalty notice addressed to the vehicle's owner.
If the owner failed to settle the notice after 14 clays or to have the vehicle's emissions checked at an accredited testing station within a further 28 days, magistrates could award a maximum £5,000 fine against them.