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Alahna Kindred

Motorway speed limit must be reduced and driving on Sundays BANNED to lower petrol price

The motorway speed limit should be reduced and driving on Sunday should be banned, experts have said.

The International Energy Agency has shared these radical ideas in its 10-point plan for Britain to cut its reliance on oil.

Its proposed plan is to reduce the global demand for oil by 2.7million barrels a day.

Other parts of the plan suggest working from home three days a week and using high-speed night trains instead of planned.

Also included in the plan is working from home three days a week, and using high-speed night trains instead of planes where possible.

It comes as mass protests over rising fuel prices which demonstrators hoped would bring major routes to a standstill took place earlier this month.

Experts suggest reducing the motorway speed limit should and that driving on Sunday should be banned (Getty Images)

Police also warned of “serious disruption throughout the day” as the Facebook-organised protest took place.

Motorways including the M6, M5, M4 and M54 were all hit from morning rush-hour onwards.

The protests were organised via social media under the name Fuel Price Stand Against Tax, and targeted three-lane motorways, according to FairFuelUK founder Howard Cox.

FairFuelUK is demanding a 20p per litre cut in fuel duty in line with other G7 countries such as Germany and Italy which have slashed it by 25p and Spain which has cut it by 17p.

The International Energy Agency has shared these radical ideas for Britain to cut its reliance on oil (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Howard Cox FairFuelUK founder said: “Even France has reduced the heinous regressive levy by a double-digit 13p. But all the UK has done is a paltry 5p, which didn’t even touch the sides.”

On July 10, the price of petrol reached 190.65p a litre and 198.42p a litre for diesel, according to the RAC.

It comes as the actions of the retailers have angered many across the country.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Fractional falls of under a penny a litre in the average price of both petrol and diesel over the course of a week when wholesale prices have plummeted are an irremovable stain on major retailers' reputations.

Its proposed plan is to reduce the global demand for oil by 2.7million barrels a day (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

"It's frightening to think this is going on under the nose of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Whatever the situation is with the issue it has identified with refining margins, there is still a wholesale price and a retail price – and the gap in between is retailer margin.

“When this grows significantly, it should always be a cause for concern as it's a sign that drivers are being taken for a ride.

"Just this weekend there have been queues to buy more fairly priced fuel at wholesaler Costco in Manchester and a major supermarket running a fuel discount promotion – both signs that petrol and diesel are substantially overpriced.”

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