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I would pass a law thart states that motorists should be compensated for delays on their journeys rather like rail passengers. As motorists pay £46bn pa in motoring taxes and only £8bn is spent on transport they should be compensated if their "service" is rubbish. This would concentrate the highway authorities minds to speed up roadworks, clear accidents faster, improve traffic light sequences, get rid of bottle-necks and improve the road infrastructure.

This ONE law could make a real difference. What do you think?

1st thing, ban all 4x4 vehicles unless you're a farmer! (fashion victims quit bitchin and get the bus)
2nd, all caravans and agricultural vehicles may only use the public highway during off peak hours!
3rd. increase numbers of real traffic police with real powers! (preferably armed - see #4)
Finally, all drivers using mobile phones should be executed at the road side!

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By 2020 petrol cars would be limited to 2000 miles a year subject to very hefty fines for any milage over this(to be checked when the MOT was done)which would go to planting trees etc to offset their emmisions. This would promote elecric cars, and allow classic car collectors to still use their cars now and again.

If only allowed one law this would be it.

As an add on to this I think all freight should go by rail, or at least as far as they could. This would mean a lorry going from dover to Aberdeen would simply get on the train at dover, could even charge its electric batteries, before getting off at Aberdeen to go on its final leg og the journey. This would be quicker, greener and safer. It would also free up the motorways and a roads. Although the rail network would need a serious upgrade. I thinnk cars should also be able to use the rail network for longer journeys, I believe France has a similar scheme already in place.

As a pet project I would make the A1 a duel carrageway right up to edinburgh instead of it terminating at newcastle. Would save me about an hour on my journey.

Minimum speed for all capable vehicles of 57mph on motorways - Never again would a restricted vehicle have to pull out to pass a ditherer.

No maximim speed limit on motorways. It isn't sufficiently enforced to do anything but get people into the habbit that it is acceptable to ignore road traffic laws. Either that or enforce it. If you are worried about green issues then simply internalise the external cost through fuel tax, incetivise economic driving that way.

Immediate points for anyone in any lane but lane 1 who is not actively overtaking (there are plenty of plate recognition cameras, not hard to do), along with a change in the law to match the German one that if you are hit from behind in an overtaking lane then it is your fault, not the other way around - lets get some of the good bits of EU integration.

Motorway driving and skid pan included in driving test and frequent re-testing. Charge applicant for extra cost, driving is a privilege, not a right. Driving jobs would pay more (mine is not a driving job) and the roads would be safer due to the higher aptitude required to be displayed to obtain a license. (Whoever died in a reverse parrallel park?). Any foreign driver driving in the UK for more than 2 weeks must sit a UK test, a Tuvalu license does not demostrate an ability to drive on UK roads any more than a UK driving license demonstrates competence as a surgeon.

Must demonstrate an off road parking space to register ownership of a car (like in Japan) - would have to go hand in hand with rectifying the ridiculous parking space planning rules in place all over the country for property developers.

Reduce GVW allowable on standard driving license. 3.5t is way more than anyone's SDP requirement.

Ban international licence's from using our roads, You want on them take our test no more one years free grace for u to drive like idiots on our roads then disappear back abroad for a month and come back and have another year . the amount of taxi drivers driving round on inter licence's is unreal.
Apart from that id have to charge micro drivers some kind of tax just for having a micro