The Magyar Autoklub is concerned, which asks that professional aspects guide the decision-making of the capital's leadership, and that the interests of motorists be taken into account.
The Magyar Autoklub (MAK) reacted to the fact that Ámon Ada, the head of the capital's climate and environment department, said in a podcast program that all cars older than ten years should be banned from the capital.
In its statement, the MAK wrote that, in their opinion, such a measure is not only against the interests of motorists, but also against the interests of society as a whole.
Currently, there are more than 438,000 passenger cars older than ten years in circulation in Budapest, which is more than 60 percent of the total number of passenger cars in the capital, they explained.
According to the MAK, it would seriously discriminate against their owners and operators, make it impossible for them to perform their work and services, manage their family's affairs, and for their children to go to school, as well as limit the number of people going to work in Budapest from the agglomeration.
For this reason, the organization asks the decision-makers to prepare impact assessments, and the decisions to be preceded by a real analysis and a professional, social debate, in which the MAK is also involved.
They also request that the city administration give a meaningful response to their professional proposals, and that in matters of traffic organization, decision-making should be guided by professional considerations rather than ideas, and that the interests of motorists be taken into account.
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