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Paris votes on SUVs: voters back proposal to triple parking fees for SUV drivers

www.lemonde.fr Paris votes on SUVs: voters back proposal to triple parking fees for SUV drivers

The French capital's mayor hailed a 'clear choice of Parisians' in favor of a measure that is 'good for our health and good for the planet.'

Paris votes on SUVs: voters back proposal to triple parking fees for SUV drivers

The measure to make vehicles weighing 1.6 tons and over pay 3x the parking rates for the first two hours has passed in Paris.

Now, let's get that in place for London and many other other places to help slow, and even reverse, this trend towards massive personal vehicles.

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  • Again, my point is that laws should apply equally and not be based on whether somebody can afford to ignore them. Banning SUVs would be a good and fair measure, making it so that rich pricks can prance around in them is just rewarding privilege.

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