Insulate Britain demand speed limits are reduced to 10mph during protests

Insulate Britain have clashed with angry motorists across the country (Picture: Getty)

Insulate Britain have called for motorway speed limits to be reduced to 10mph during their protests.

Dr Diana Warner, a member of Extinction Rebellion offshoot, demanded the roads agency work with protesters to ‘ensure safety for everyone’ amid its efforts to block traffic on major roads.

Her comments came during a High Court hearing where a judge extended an injunction granted to Transport for London (TfL) against Insulate Britain.

London’s transport network was granted a civil banning order earlier this month, aimed at preventing protesters from obstructing traffic on some of the capital’s busiest roads.

Members of the campaign group have also been made subject to three other injunctions granted to National Highways, banning demonstrations on the M25, around the Port of Dover and on major roads around London.

Mr Justice Lavender said the injunction was extended either until a trial is held in the case or a further court order or April 8 next year.

Last week, the court heard that National Highways may ask for a default or summary judgment, which would mean the case against the protesters is resolved without a trial.

A driver drags a protester off the road near the Dartford Crossing (Picture: Getty)

An angry motorist confronts the protesters in Thurrock (Picture: Getty)

During Tuesday’s hearing, Insulate Britain members were given the chance to address the court.

Dr Warner, a retired GP, told the court that Insulate Britain is ‘intent on keeping the public safe’ and ‘committed to non-violence’.

The 62-year-old added there is a ‘wide gulf’ between her understanding of ‘what constitutes safety’ and National Highways’ stance.

Dr Warner said National Highways should ‘slow the traffic to 20 miles per hour or 10 miles per hour when there are people are on the motorway’, warning that she expects to continue Insulate Britain’s campaign for ‘civil resistance’ until ‘a meaningful statement from the Government that we can trust’.

‘I’m willing to give up my freedom and my house. These are all the material things I have,’ she said, adding that there is ‘everything to lose if we destroy the Earth that sustains us’.

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