Litter can be said to be a form of pollution. Jennifer Ellison is not impressed by drivers who throw rubbish out of their car. Neither are we — the ABD wholeheartedly supports the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. We want to see car manufacturers build litter bins into cars, door pockets being a suitable place.

• The 1996 Ford Fiesta emits twenty times less pollution than the first model of that name.
• In 1992 Saab showed that a modern, catalyst-equipped car actually cleans the city air as it drives along! Its efficient fuel and emissions control systems digesting the aerial filth created by other vehicles such as buses.
• With a modern, catalyst-equipped Saab you would create more volatile hydrocarbon pollution by spilling a teaspoonful of fuel on the forecourt, than by driving 500 miles.
• Whilst explaining human lungs during the programme Don't Die Young broadcast on BBC2 in January 2007, Dr Alice Roberts of Bristol University measured her exposure to carbon monoxide whilst cycling into Bristol city centre. The results showed relatively high exposure only for a short period of time when she was stuck behind a large lorry. Dr Anthony Steed of University College London examined the data and said “not much to worry about, but if you can stay away from big juggernauts that would be sensible”. Map and CO trace.

More about pollution

• The Facts about Car Exhausts
• Health
• Particulates (PM10s)

ABD Press Releases about Pollution

• PR762 — Cars Emit Less CO₂ per Passenger km than Buses — 2011-10-22
• PR711 — New Study Debunks Air Quality Alarmism — 2010-04-05
• PR674 — Cars ARE cleaner than buses — 2009-07-29
• PR574 — CAN Cannot Be Serious — 2007-07-25
• PR508 — Parking Permits based on Plant Food Gas in LibDemLand — 2006-10-25
• PR474 — Palin's Hypocrisy Typical of Environmentalist Movement Claims ABD. — 2006-01-17
• PR466 — Environmentally Friendly Vehicles? They Must Mean Cars. — 2005-10-08
• PR442 — Would Greenpeace Call for a Bus-Free Day in London? — 2005-05-26
• PR436 — Open Letter to Michael Palin and Transport 2000 — 2005-04-16
• PR413 — ABD calls for environmental audit of public transport yet latest air quality scare scapegoats cars — 2004-09-08
• PR310 — ABD Exposes Flaws In Minister's Pronouncement — 2001-09-20
• PR304 — ABD Condemns Government's Latest Pointless Attack On Car Users — 2001-09-20
• PR302 — Report Explodes Myths On Transport & Health — 2001-09-06
• PR283 — BUS: STOP! — 2001-04-12
• PR264 — ABD Condemns Red Ken's 'Eco-Disaster' As Drivers Face Rip-Off Charges — 2000-11-02
• PR249 — Poll On Transport Issues Reveals Scale Of Public Deception — 2000-07-19
• PR235 — No Need To Restrict Cars Because Of Air Pollution, Says TRL — 2000-04-28
• PR227 — Government and Greens mislead public on air quality — 2000-01-19
• PR226 — The Association of British Drivers says: Can Milan's Ban — 2000-01-17
• PR20A — Drivers Fuming at Misdirected Emissions Tests — 1999-09-22
• PR197 — Reports on W.H.O. report misleading — 1999-06-15
• PR192 — Government rejects sensible advice on speed limits — 1999-05-12
• PR188 — Air Quality improving — Institute of Economic Affairs — 1999-04-22
• PR185 — Prescott wrong to blame car drivers for coral bleaching — 1999-03-18
• PR183 — Misleading and alarmist study condemned — 1999-03-23
• PR171 — ABD scepticism about "Air Quality deaths" vindicated — 1998-11-13