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RAC: Cars over 18 years old should be scrapped

The Royal Automobile Club Foundation in the UK has just released a report suggesting that any car built more than 18 years ago should be scrapped in an effort to clean up the roadways. Why 18 years? That would remove the vast majority of cars not equipped with catalytic converters, which was one of the earliest emissions control technologies. Some proposals currently under review by the British government call for higher taxes on motorists with older vehicles, a scheme that the RAC takes issue with. If the older cars are owned by lower-income ... Read more →

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According to a new study by the RAC Foundation, British drivers have risen in number and in mileage. Alternatives in public transport aren't improving much: the usage of bus transport has declined 13 percent since 1993 and 50 percent of Britons have never taken the bus. Train usage, on the other ...

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