Black cab drivers have been told to stop choking the good folk of London, by fitting some sort of emission reducer. Nothing wrong with that, us LPH good folk have such modern things as cats.

However following a lot of arguments, the PCO let them charge the public 20p a trip, to stop them poisoning the city. This charge was due to coincide with the ending of the poisoning, so the 20p fee paid for the smoke screen.

But now the PCO have caved into the black cab boys and allowed them another year's worth of smog. And allowed them to still charge the 20p fee.

Both the PCO and the black cabs boys should be ashamed.

Perhaps the PCO should only allow clean cars in the bus lanes.

Have a prosperous Friday Mr Ollasawa, I will! £££££££££££££££££££

Someone I know GBC works near Taplow, which I believe isn't that far from Heathrow. I don't know how much you would charge, but they use an exec PH firm and they charge over a ton.

The 20p extra is on the meter (pity minicabs did not have these, save ripping off the passengers)as an enviromental charge this will be for a period of THREE years, so the fact that the botched euro3 implementation date has been put back a year changes nothing.
Systems will still have to be fitted and in place by 2008, the 20p extra will still last 3 years as planned, which incidentaly will come no where near the cost of a £2000 - £3500 approved system.