Submitted by Matthew Wynde on Thursday 17th March 2022
Published on Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 7th October 2022
Signatures: 91
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Campaign ~ Economy ~ IMPACT ~ People ~ Pressure ~ Putin ~ Remove ~ Road ~ ROADS ~ Russia ~ Russian ~ Russian invasion ~ Russian Oil ~ Signal ~ Solidarity ~ SPEED ~ speed limit ~ Theory ~ Time ~ Ukraine ~ Vladimir Putin ~ War
Temporarily limit speed limits to 55mph to help reduce reliance on Russian oil
Introduce emergency legislation that reduces the speed limit for all 70mph and 60mph roads to 55mph. Make this time limited to the duration of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Back this with a public information campaign positioning this as a national act of solidarity for the people of Ukraine.
This will send a strong signal and could have a material impact on UK imports of Russian oil, which amount to 8% of our our oil demand; if we reduce demand enough we could in theory remove any need for Russian imports.
This could reduce inflows to the Russian economy, put pressure on Vladimir Putin and reduce Russia's economic ability to wage war.
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