Man filmed pulling down ULEZ camera as outrage at Sadiq grows
Sorry Sadiq! Man is filmed pulling down ULEZ camera as outrage at mayor’s hated low emissions scheme grows
- The new zone will force people to pay £12.50-a-day to drive in Greater London
- Read more: Key TFL claim that drivers are unaffected by ULEZ is unsubstantiated
A man has been filmed pulling down a Ulez camera at a set of traffic lights as outrage over the London Mayor’s controversial scheme grows.
A nearby onlooker filmed the individual calmly unscrewing the ANPR camera while standing on a yellow ladder as busy traffic passes by.
Sadiq Khan’s low emissions scheme will force Londoners to pay £12.50-a-day to drive in Greater London from August 29 if their cars don’t meet certain environmental standards.
Earlier this week it was revealed that a key Transport for London claim that nine in ten drivers will be unaffected by a ULEZ expansion was ‘unsubstantiated’ and based on ‘unclear’ data, the High Court heard.
It came after five Tory councils – consisting of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon and Surrey County Council – challenged the Mayor’s plans.
The footage shows the man calmly dismantling the ANPR camera that catch out drivers using high-polluting vehicles across the capital
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has claimed that the police take vandalism of Ulez cameras ‘very seriously’
READ MORE: How Sadiq Khan is helping to drive up the cost of second-hand cars: Prices of ULEZ-friendly motors has more than doubled ahead of low-emission zone expansion across London
The footage in question has become an increasingly common sight in London as a number of frustrated motorists have been pictured and filmed taking down the ANPR cameras.
Khan has himself claimed that the police take vandalism of Ulez cameras ‘very seriously’.
Transport for London (TfL) also said vandalism was ‘unacceptable’ and ‘all incidents are reported to the police for investigation’.
In April it was revealed that a secret activist army – dubbed the ‘Blade Runners’ – were vandalising and stealing the hated Ulez cameras.
One of the ‘Blade Runners’ spoke to MailOnline and explained there were more than 100 runners in his group and that number was ‘increasing’, with people covering different areas across London.
He said they mainly targeted the Ulez expansion area but also attacked the existing system too.
When he removes one of the Ulez cameras, he added that he gets ‘a feeling of purpose’.
The individual in question uses a yellow ladder to unscrew the camera while traffic whizzes past
This footage has become all the more common in recent months as resentment over the Ulez plans grow
The Ulez scheme has been splitting communities in two and costing struggling families thousands of pounds.
Hard-up Londoners have told MailOnline they have already had to shell out huge sums to buy new cars that comply with the money-spinning Ultra Low Emission Zone, and they fear they are being priced out of the capital.
In some areas of the city, the Ulez will force parents who can’t afford to buy new motors to pay the £12.50 charge to drive their children to school.
While pensioners fear being left stranded and unable to see their GP located inside the penalty zone.
Neighbours living just yards apart on opposite sides of the clean air zone face starkly different fates, with some saying they will be slapped with a charge for simply leaving their homes, while those living a stone’s throw away are unaffected.
Small businesses have also slammed the Ulez expansion and even charities have said they might be forced off the roads because of it.
It is the latest traffic plan to plague the capital after years of low-traffic neighbourhoods and an onslaught of hardly-used cycle lanes have laid siege to motorists.
Activists stage a protest against London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)
Hard-up Londoners have told MailOnline they have already had to shell out huge sums to buy new cars that comply with the money-spinning Ultra Low Emission Zone [File image]
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