I push my car to the LEZ from, according to my lawyer it should

Ghent On January 1, 2020 will also Gent a Low Zone, and that will about 25 percent of the Ghent motorists take. Some may or may not want to be away from their car and so is the adapt, or find a creative solution. A car along a cut pushing, for example. “Push? No, that's not allowed, we register anyway the number plate”, sounds in the city.

Emre Kökcü has a BMW E30 out of 1988, a gem where he many hours and dollars has been put, and he's rightfully proud of. But that car, he can as of 2020, not more. “I live just inside the ring road, one street to be exact,” he says. “My car is in the garage at my house. Only cars of Euro 4 or more are allowed to the city, but the mine dates back to before there euro standards existed. It is not my car for day to day use, this I use only for riding in the summer or on oldtimer-meetings. I do 500 miles per year.”

Car push

“That summer rides now, because I can't be more gone from my garage by the new scheme”, says Emre. “What should I actually do? The car selling I do not want to, he was still my grandfather and I am attached to. A garage outside the city for rent I also do not want, trust I just can't, this car is too valuable. And moving is not an option. I have the city be e-mailed to an exception request, for which is 300 metres, but I cannot find them. However, my car inspected and in perfect condition. I will get my car then push up on the ring road I think, even though he weighs 1,500 kilos. If the engine is not running, destroy it. According to my lawyer.”

But when the city sounds immediately a ‘not’. “No matter how creative the solution of this man is, also, pushing may not,” says milieuschepen Tine Heyse (Green). “The system will license plates register, camera's don't see whether a car is pushed or self-drive. So he will anyway face penalties.”

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