BusinessGreen: Air quality campaigners and green businesses have welcomed a government pledge to crack down on the increasing number of drivers who are illegally taking their cars on the roads after removing mandatory soot filters.
Roads minister Robert Goodwill announced last week that from February next year cars will fail the MoT if a diesel particulate filter that was fitted as standard has been removed.
Most diesel cars sold after 2009 come with built-in particulate filters that claim to trap up to 99...