Taxi? Yeah right. When I took a 15 mile taxi ride to the local city, it cost £25. A return journey would thus be £50. Three times a week, that's £150 please. And as for the journey to work, that would bankrupt me.

If you want a serious suggestion, what about car sharing? I sometimes give a friend a lift to the ice rink as he lives round the corner from me, and I don't mind some company.

15 mph speed limit? I'm against these silly low speed limits. I bet most people ignore them when elsewhere. If they make sense, sensible drivers obey them anyway, if they don't, they don't, and nutters ignore them all cos they're not enforced.

I concur about the taxis - when I had a hernia op about 4 years ago, I was unable to drive for a couple of weeks and was forced to get a taxi to the doctors' other surgey in a nearby village because their primary site was being refrubished. The journey is a ride of all of 4.5 miles and takes about 10 - 15 mins at most. The round trip cost me £25.

Car sharing for things like commuting (where you don't need the car to travel to meetings etc during the day, i.e. you only work in the office 95+% of the time) and especially for taking kids to/from school should be seriously considered.

Many parents live within 15mins walking distance of their child's school (I'm talking about those living in the village, not surrounding it) and could walk their kids to school. Quite often its laziness they do this. Many get dropped off where the parent is driving to work.

UK speed limit have to be in multiples of 10 - so a 20 might help.

“1) Ask the local pub located located opposite the school if collecting parents can use car park at delivery or collect times. Double yellow lines outside school entrances.” I’d say no if I was the owner as it’ll cost custom. People will drive up, see the car park full and drive on. I’d expect the landlord to refuse and you should understand why.

I can't think of many places with a pub opposite a school, but there must be some. Neither can I think of many pubs full of customers at school-run time, so a compromise should be possible. Problem would arise when the concession is assumed to apply 24/7.

The pub is worth a try, but it depends upon several factors. The landlord may only be the manager and the owner (Enterprise, Pubmaster, Punch Taverns etc etc) may not agree. There may also be an issue about public liability when using the car park. Of course during opening times could be awkward for pub customers too.

Other points raised are fair, but rely on two things. One that 'Joe Public' is actually going to respect or observe them and the local authority highways department agree too. From experience in our village (2000 in the parish-600 in the village) the local authority( probably County Council) do what is best for them. This is usually nothing because it may cost them money and set a precedent for other areas in the authority area. By all means have a go but don't be too disappointed if it comes to nothing. Personally I would try the Parish Council first and get their support, then try to push through the two most important issues you have instead of 6 or 7.

Lastly a 20 zone may be desirable and they are prevalent throughout the land. You may well get support for that. Incidentally a 20 zone is not monitored by 'safety' cameras. They rely on other means and apparently do not prosecute for breaking the 20 limit but for Driving without Due Care and Attention. This does not attract a conditional offer of fine and points or speed awareness course but an automatic court case, so be aware.

Good luck and let us know how you get along. Cheers Concrete

Yet another utterly weird "continental" idea, which has never taken off in the UK, is building a (single or double) garage on the ground floor of a new-build house, with living space above.

The English idea which took off some years ago is to convert attached garages into a living spaces.