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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@Hossenfeffer It'll affect around 10 000 000 people, I think.
The effect is better air to breath and less illness caused.
If you were to tell them you were going to improve their air, but you'd decided to give them 5 years notice rather than one year, I think stepping back quickly out of reach would bd wise.

The effects are of course incremental.

Is this a new thing?

The MOT was introduced last century, I forget when it changed from "not a smokescreen" to limited exhsust emissions. But, no.