Green Party's Radical Driving Proposals: Slower, Pricier, and Sometimes Impossible

0:00On April 4th, the Green Party's got some wild plans for drivers if they take power. They dropped motorway speeds from 70 miles per hour to just 55, slapped 20 mile per hour limits everywhere in built-up areas, and jack up. Car taxes step by step, while slashing parking spots to push folks out of their vehicles. Deputy leader Rachel Millward got caught flat-footed on the BBC, emitting she had no clue about these ideas, and pinning it on party members who. Cooked them up over time. She insisted it's not a big campaign push right now. Drivers are fuming over the nightmare of retaking stricter driving tests every five years, on top of the party's view that driving's a privilege, not a right. Leader Zach Palanski's been clear. He wants it slower, pricier, and sometimes straight up impossible. These proposals aim to cut traffic volume and speeds through so-called demand management, including fuel taxes that nudge people towards smaller cars, and even charges for street parking. Meanwhile, critics like conservative transport spokesman Richard Holden

1:03are calling it out of touch madness as the Greens keep stirring debate with. They're bold shifts on everything from roads to other hot button issues.