Clean Transport Zones miss the point — a car's condition matters more than its age

Szczepan Mroczek argues that Poland's Clean Transport Zones assess vehicles primarily by age and the emission standard recorded in their documents, ignoring actual technical condition. In practice, cars with faulty engines or removed DPF filters are responsible for the most air pollution. He contends that targeting genuinely defective vehicles would improve air quality more effectively than blanket bans on older but roadworthy cars.

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