Vote GREEN.

Have you seen their enlightened views on motoring?

Here's just a couple of highlights...



Car culture

TR300 Cars are currently seen as the primary means of transport by many people. The Green Party would work at all levels to alter this perception, by providing information on the problems and real costs of their use, and by improving the perception of all more sustainable methods of transport.

TR301 Car driving is not a right but a privilege. The Highway Code as it applies to driving will be made more comprehensive, especially in its recognition of the affect of driving on more vulnerable road users. The testing of drivers will also be made more comprehensive and stricter to include hazard awareness and environmental aspects and knowledge of working of vehicles. Driving tests would be done at regular intervals (e.g. 5 years) to ensure that drivers remain competent.

TR303 Speed limits and regulations which are not implemented are ineffective. All speed limits would be rigorously enforced, as would any other regulations relating to drivers of vehicles (including public transport). Greater use will be made of automatic cameras and other speed measurement.

TR304 Penalties will focus more on limiting the convicted driver's ability to drive, as well as fines and imprisonment. Procedures for prosecuting such offences will be dealt with as soon as possible, and it will be made easier for a driver not to contest the charge but to accept licence penalties. This will enable more prosecutions, increasing the overall effect of prosecuting.

TR306 Car parking is not a right that any driver has on the road. Restrictions on parking on roads will be expected to increase to make more efficient use of road space and to improve safety. The aim of parking policy will be to transfer the expectation that drivers have that they can park anywhere to one where parking will only be allowed in appropriate places that are duly marked. These would specifically exclude pavement parking that can obstruct pedestrians and any parking on green spaces adjacent to roads. Disabled parking would be retained and provided wherever necessary.

TR307 As a use of valuable road space, car parking will become subject more generally to charging. The Green Party supports the widespread introduction of neighbourhood parking schemes (controlled parking zones) that entail residents being charged for on-street parking, and would set guidelines to both reduce on-street parking where it endangers pedestrians and cyclists and to ensure that off-street parking does not degrade a street's environment. In non-residential sections of urban areas, on-street parking should be subject to metering.

TR308 The culture of company car provision and use will be challenged in all ways possible, including financial measures, to achieve a transfer of workplace travel to more sustainable modes.

TR309 The construction of vehicles is at present regulated at a European level, where there is heavy lobbying by motor manufacturers. The Green Party will aim to bring this regulation down to more appropriate levels, and aim for regulations and enforcement that reduce the ability of vehicles to cause harm to others.

TR310 Vehicles would not be permitted for road use that had the ability to travel at greater speeds than the majority of EU national maximum speed levels.

TR311 The Green Party would reduce the need for people to feel that they need to own their own car. We recognise that while cars may always have a role to play in transport, individual ownership tends to increase usage and create reliance. Where cars are seen as necessary for some travel, we would promote the development of car clubs (the shared use of cars by local residents), where this will effectively reduce the number of car journeys that may otherwise be made or the number of cars parked in the locality, to promote the sharing of cars and journeys.

TR312 Transport advertisements would be regulated, with those that glamorise aspects such as excessive speed being banned. The placing of adverts where they might lead to danger on the road would not be permitted.

TR313 SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) consume more fuel, create more pollution and are more hazardous to other road users than ordinary cars. They are quite unnecessary, especially in urban areas, and their purchase and use should be discouraged. They would be subject to extra taxes and charges beyond those in TR060-070 and advertisements for them would need to include information about their adverse effects on society.

Freight Road freight
TR340 Delivery vehicles are not operated in the most efficient manner in terms of reducing mileage and driving times and in load sharing. This is caused by poor delivery systems operated by companies and public organisations. The Green Party would put in measures that would encourage improved scheduling and more combined loads, and to collect return loads after delivery. To this end, a requirement would be made that delivery packaging must be collected for reuse if possible, and returned to the depot by the delivery vehicles.

TR341 National weight limits for delivery vehicles would be set within which local authorities would choose those most applicable for their roads. The aim will be to considerably reduce the size of delivery vehicles, especially in residential areas. The weight limits which we would seek to enact would be 1.5 tonnes, 3 tonnes (which would be the maximum limit in any purely residential area), 7.5 tonnes (which would be the maximum urban limit) and 20 tonnes. To enable this to happen within the current competitive environment, the Green Party will work to change E.U. law to reflect the need for a reduction in weight limits.

 

where do we vote

 

Mmmm sounds like some real vote winning policies there!

 

i was never a fan of scritti polliti so i'm out.

 

Lots of donts then. How do these people get about, get their shopping, get the kids to school, travel whilst at work, have stuff delivered to them............. Guess im preaching to the converted. This will only penalise law abiding tax payers. FFS there are 60 millioin of us its not a self sufficient commune in leafy hampshire - what do you mean theres no such thing as a self sufficient community.

 

im green i walked to school , i dont drive over the speed limits , i dont park in the streets , i use my vehicles only for pleasure purposes , i walk to the shops , and i dont have an o zone !!

 

I'm already green. The octavia vRS that i drive every day has lower c02 that the one before it, and that was lower than the GTI i had before that. The next car i go for will have even lower c02 still (prob a cupra 280, so more power but less carbons).

Seriously though, I really don't know what planet these people live on. I mean, my 30k miles driving every year is mostly to get to and from work. I'd love to hear what these "more sustainable" options are...! Bus, nope, can't be done. Train? well, i'd need to get the bus to the train station first, then 2 hrs and two changes, then a bus at this end too... would take about 3 hours all in. By the time i got here i'd have to start my journey home. Oh, and it'd cost me circa £70 a day on public transport vs. £20 for the fuel.

idiots.

The reality is i really DO value the planet and although i'm not a paid up member of greenpeace i do have significant sympathies in that area, but the greens are so extreme they are unelectable.

 

My vans about as green as you can get

 

I imagined an intergalactic spaceship that runs on literally nothing - you should vote for me as I believe the way to save the planet is to get all humans off it....


My one over riding issue with the green party is they never seem to understand the simple cause and effect equation.

You are never going to sell local agriculture and no other form of business other than to toil the fields to a developed world.

Stupid non workable solutions just turn people right off - and any good ideas get lost in the frenzy.

 

voting for anyone is a waste of time if you want to drive and NOT be screwed over..

because its the governments easiest source of income, and god forbid they might actually have to do any real work!!

 

I can't be arsed reading all that. What does it say in a nutshell?

 

It says "We know best, do what we say, 'cos we're like Saving The Earth".

I'd like to see their policy on population control. That'd be fun.

 

It says - you own a car then we are going to get you - or 4 wheels bad - 2 legs good.

 

noooooooooooooooo you've given away my secret fart powered bicycle idea i was touting to the greens...........
damn youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

 

Pah - as someone that enjoys a fre bentos - no effin way would the green's consider that, most of them are vegan/vegetarian....

And we all know that mungbean/lentil/pulse derived fart power is both more powerful and dangerous than nuclear fusion.

 

This just proves how out of touch and un electable these Green / Save the planet parties are! On the other hand I might buy a load of Mules and Horses to hire to folk to get around the Lakeland passes..................................................................................Just in case!! and I've got a Red flag so the missus can walk in front of my car / bus when I do use it!

 

TR301 Car driving is not a right but a privilege. The Highway Code as it applies to driving will be made more comprehensive, especially in its recognition of the affect of driving on more vulnerable road users. The testing of drivers will also be made more comprehensive and stricter to include hazard awareness and environmental aspects and knowledge of working of vehicles. Driving tests would be done at regular intervals (e.g. 5 years) to ensure that drivers remain competent.
^^^^^This is a brilliant idea! Not that I'll vote Green based on this one item but it's still a bloody good idea.

The rest of it is utter ***** though.

 

Thanks Snotty. How about a rundown on Maastricht and the social chapter ? I could never be arsed to read that either.....