Roadside Exhaust Emission Testing

Glasgow City Council is undertaking roadside vehicle exhaust emission checks in an effort to reduce pollution from road traffic.

• What will the check involve?
  
  If you are stopped at the roadside your vehicle will be subject to an initial test.  If your vehicle passes this check you will be advised of this and be on your way in minutes
  
  If your vehicle fails the initial test a full test will be carried out using VOSA approved equipment.
  
  
• What happens if the vehicle fails the emissions test?
  
  If your vehicle is emitting pollutants above the legal standard it will fail the test.  Drivers of vehicles which fail the test when stopped at the roadside will be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice for £60.  (increasing to £90 if not paid within 28 days).
  
  
• During 2007 over 90 Fixed Penalty Notices for £60 were issued in Glasgow following the failure of a vehicle emissions test.
  
  
• If your vehicle fails you are strongly advised to have the vehicle suitably repaired as under certain circumstances the Local Authority may consider waiving this fixed penalty.

Idling engines unnecessarily

• Idling vehicles parked on Glasgow's roads are contributing to the air pollution problems in the city.
  
• Regulations are in place to deal with this.
  
• You could be faced with a £20 fixed penalty notice for allowing your engine to idle unnecessarily.
  
• During 2007, over 130 Fixed Penalty Notices for £20 were issued in Glasgow in respect of idling vehicles.