Paris(France) bans all cars made before 1997 in a bid to reduce smog

All cars made before 1997 are to be banned fromParis,France under drastic measures to combat the city's toxic smog.

New laws, which come into effect on July 1, 2016 will also ban motorcycles registered before 2000 from the city centre on weekdays

The move is part of a larger plan to only allow vehicles that are less than ten years old on the capital's streets by 2020.

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Paris has already outlawed diesel in trucks and larger vehicles. 

It is not the first time the city has gone to extreme lengths to cut pollution, which is some of the worst in Europe.

Previously, it has cut half the cars on the road for temporary periods by banning even-numbered licence plates

Hundreds of bikers gather before riding through the streets of Paris last year in protest at a proposed ban on motorcycles made before 2000 in Paris