Calls have been made to ban Sunday driving and reduce the motorway speed limit to 64mph. This is to help tackle the ongoing oil crisis.
Ten measures have been outlined by the International Energy Agency (IEA) which they say could cut global oil demand by 2.7million barrels per day. They include a ban on driving on Sundays - as well as a restriction on motorways, by cutting speeds limits to 64mph, reports Birmingham Live.
“As a result of Russia ’s appalling aggression against Ukraine, the world may well be facing its biggest oil supply shock in decades, with huge implications for our economies and societies," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol. “IEA Member Countries have already stepped in to support the global economy with an initial release of millions of barrels of emergency oil stocks, but we can also take action on demand to avoid the risk of a crippling oil crunch.
