Sentence examples for dirty lorries from inspiring English sources

Modelled on the city's successful congestion-charging scheme (part of which Mr Johnson wants to scrap), it uses a network of cameras to charge old, dirty lorries up to £200 a day to enter the capital.

Taxing of "dirty" lorries.

Working in government can be a depressing shock – like taking a racing driver out of their sports car and asking him to drive a dirty lorry in a huge convoy.

The government will be consulting with local authorities on the level of the fees charged to deter the dirtiest lorries, coaches and taxis ahead of the zones taking effect by 2020.

A statewide crackdown on dirty diesel lorries and a push to expand use of zero-emission vehicles are also a big part of the story.

But what you realise, walking with these young people through Caracas's dirty streets behind lorries blasting out music and bands of drummers, is that, for all the contradictions of his revolution, Chávez has harnessed the energy of the impoverished majority.

The owners of the dirtiest buses, coaches, lorries and taxis will have to pay a charge to enter the zones, but newer and cleaner models will be exempt.

The government said it wants each city to have a mandatory charge by 2020 for dirty buses, coaches, taxis and lorries, but not private cars.

London's dirtiest vehicles are diesel-powered lorries and buses; removing a few passenger cars will do little for air quality.

He did not see it as a smelly, dirty, commercial evil, only to be associated with ageing lorries and buses.

Most of all, move from the dirty end of the business to the indispensable clean end, food and drink.He liked to buy his lorries new, and he preferred hire purchase because you kept your cash and made it grow.