THOUSANDS of drivers face a £60 charge from today if their car is registered before certain dates.
Petrol cars from before 2006 and diesels from before 2015 are set to be slapped with the levy.
It is being imposed in Glasgow, Scotland, as the city becomes the latest to establish clean air restrictions.
The new Low Emission Zone (LEZ) will mean that motorists with non-compliant cars will face large bills.
Unlike London's ULEZ area, where polluting cars can pay £12.50 a day to enter, no non-compliant vehicles will be allowed in the LEZ.
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The penalty for entering the zone without meeting the emissions standards is £60, reduced to £30 if paid early.
That fine will then be doubled for each subsequent entry, up to a maximum of £480 for cars and LGVs and £960 for buses and HGVs, though the rate will be reset to £60 if no breaches occur within 90 days.
The rules will be enforced by number-plate recognition (ANPR) cameras around the city.
Glasgow is the latest major city to introduce pollution-related charges for drivers.
Birmingham, Bristol, and Sheffield, among others, have implemented Clean Air Zones (CAZs), which charge a daily rate.
Similarly, London has the ULEZ charge, which is set to be expanded further next year, though the plans are subject to a legal challenge in a relief for drivers.
Exemptions to the charges exist for blue badge holders, motorbikes, mopeds and emergency vehicles.
However, motorists have repeatedly shared stories of being overcharged or wrongly find, with some even receiving penalty notices from cities they have never even been to.
One man was sent 12 fines totaling over £1,000 from Bristol's CAZ, despite living 140 miles away.
Meanwhile, angry business owners in one London Borough have claimed that clean air rules imposed by their local council are turning the area into a ghost town.
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In Scotland alone, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh have all also announced plans for LEZs, but have delayed them until 2024.
