RHA: LEZ advert is 'grossly misleading'
Date: 22 August 2007
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is complaining about an advertisement for the London low emission zone (LEZ), which it claims is "grossly misleading", Transport News Network reports.
The group is referring Transport for London (TfL) to the Advertising Standards Authority because an advertisement states that freight haulage trucks above 12 tonnes must meet "Euro II emissions standards", but in fact it is the particulate standard for Euro III.
This is a difference of no less than 30,000 trucks, the RHA said.
Chief executive Roger King commented: "The advertisement is factually inaccurate and grossly misleading in what it tells lorry operators.
"We are astonished that TfL should continue to mislead companies with an advertisement, the inaccuracy of which we pointed out more than a month ago. TfL has apparently taken no notice whatever."
The LEZ zone is likely to cost ratepayers around £90 million to set up and run in the first four years.
Another problem is that because the introduction date (February 4th) is approaching fast, many freight haulage companies do not have time to order new trucks, and are having to convert older vehicles with particulate traps that could actually increase NOx levels.
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