THE MOTORISTS' LIBERATION FRONT

Put People before Newts !

The British transport system - and the British economy - are in a state of gridlock and sclerosis. Investment in new and improved roads is at a forty-year low, and everywhere you turn motorists are being harassed, persecuted and taxed to death.

Speed cameras, road humps, bus lanes, bonkers speed limits, Nazi parking wardens, road tolls, punitive fuel tax - it seems that the authorities are determined to bring our once great country to a total standstill.

The MLF is the only political party to support strong, radical and determined action to get Britain moving again. Unlike the others, we don't believe in namby-pamby half measures.

Here is our 30-point plan to break the log jam:

  1. Although Richard Brunstrom has now stepped down Head of Traffic Policing, nobody has done more than him to worsen the lot of the British Motorist. Our first act on gaining power would be to arrest him and have him driven from North Wales to London at high speed to account for his actions. We expect that experienced traffic police officers will queue up for this duty, and cheering crowds will line motorway bridges to watch him on his way. This symbolic action will set the tone for the rest of our term of office!
  2. All speed cameras to be deactivated within 24 hours of our election. All pending camera prosecutions to be abandoned, and any totting-up bans resulting from camera convictions to be rescinded
  3. The motorway limit to be increased to 90 mph with immediate effect, and the National Speed Limit to 70 mph on all roads.
  4. The M6Toll to be fully derestricted as an experiment. If this does not lead to a significant rise in casualties, it will be extended to all other rural motorways
  5. Highway Authorities to review within one month all speed limits introduced since 1990. If any are found not to comply with Department of Transport Circular 1/93, councillors to be personally surcharged for the costs of implementing and removing the limits
  6. The London Congestion charge to be abolished with immediate effect
  7. Ken Livingstone to be immediately removed from office. Democracy? You'll have voted for us, that's democracy! We will then send him to Guantanamo Bay where he can be among friends
  8. All other road tolls to be removed, including the M6Toll and all estuarial crossings
  9. We have a long list of road schemes that are urgently needed (running to at least 159 closely-typed pages of A4). Clearly these cannot all be completed in our first term, but we promise to build at least twice as many motorways and trunk roads as any previous government
  10. Pride of place in our road proposals goes to the M30 - a dual three-lane motorway between the M3 at Basingstoke and the M5 at Exeter, broadly following the line of the A303. This will pass close by Stonehenge on a surface alignment, to give drivers a good view of the stones, and run through the Blackdown Hills in a bold cutting reminiscent of a scaled-up version of Twyford Down. All bridges and earthworks to be future-proofed to allow for potential expansion to dual 5 lane
  11. Obviously, if you're involved in the road construction industry, you won't be short of work under an MLF government
  12. We will make forceful use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to prevent greenies and tree-huggers from disrupting road schemes
  13. We will change planning guidance so that all new housing provides a minimum of one off-road car parking space for each bedroom
  14. All bus lanes to be removed
  15. All on-road cycle lanes to be removed
  16. All road humps to be removed
  17. Any systems of continuous central hatching to be removed
  18. Pedal cyclists to be required to pass a proficiency test, carry a registration mark and hold third-party insurance
  19. The duty on road fuel to be immediately reduced by 50%
  20. All emission-related taxation of motor vehicles to be abandoned. Vehicle Excise duty to be £50 a year for all private vehicles, company cars to be taxed at a flat rate 15% of the list price
  21. All public transport subsidies to cease. If people want to use public transport, then they need to pay the market rate for it, just like private motorists do
  22. While the MLF condemns drunken driving, we believe that the current law unjustly penalises responsible people, especially in rural areas. We will therefore increase the drink-driving limit from 80 to 100 mg and give the courts the power not to disqualify offenders below 150 mg where there are mitigating circumstances
  23. All vehicle Construction & Use regulations resulting from European Union diktats to be scrapped
  24. Speed limiters will no longer be required on HGVs
  25. We will reintroduce dim-dip lights on new vehicles and require their use in well-lit built-up areas at night
  26. A specific offence of "driving like a numpty" to be introduced, with a maximum penalty of a £5000 fine
  27. Nissan Micras and Citroën 2CVs to be banned from our roads
  28. All new passenger cars sold in the UK to have an engine of at least 1.3 litres producing a minimum of 75 bhp
  29. The use of dipped headlights by four-wheel vehicles in conditions of good visibility to be prohibited. And we will consider banning Volvos anyway, because they're usually driven by Guardian readers!
  30. We believe in protecting the environment and will remove all wind farms from rural areas

How will we pay for all this? Well, motorists at present pay about eight times as much as the total investment in transport, so the money is there already, even if we reduce motoring taxes as planned.

So remember, if you want to break the logjam and get Britain moving again, the only way to do it is to SUPPORT THE MLF!!

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