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The Alliance of British Drivers, incorporated as Pro-Motor, is a UK lobbying group working against action on climate change and sustainable transport. The organisation does not disclose its sources of funding.

Membership
The group claims to have 9000 members (0.007% of the UK's 31.7 million drivers) but an investigation by The Guardian found that the group's filing at Companies House meant that the number was "far fewer". Brian Gregory, the groups CEO stated ''"It doesn't matter a fig to me whether we've got 1,500 members or 5,000 members." ''

Appearance in media
The group appears regularly in UK media, appearing over 50 times in the first three months of 2004.

Legal actions
They have taken legal action with FairFuelUK against the Mayor of London for introducing new cycling lanes.

Evidence to MPs
The group gave verbal evidence to the Transport Select Committee in October 2020.

Positions

 * Human-created global heating is a myth. ABD director, Bernard Abrams claims the world is getting cooler.
 * Abolish urban 20mph zones and raise all speed limits to 85% of actual average speeds, previously they had lobbied for removal of speed limits from motorways.
 * The the health impacts of vehicle pollution are “scaremongering”.
 * More investment in infrastructure for motor vehicles and opposing reduction in space for cars.
 * Reduce the number of cycle lanes and other cycling infrastructure and that building new cycle lanes could be illegal.
 * Lower road taxes and no road pricing or tolls.

Associations
The group claims to be a single issue organisation but has connections to groups and individuals including:


 * Pistonheads, a website which carried death threats against the head of road safety charity Brake.
 * Groups promoting blood sports stating they are "another group of law-abiding people who are being battered by excessive regulations and interfering do-gooders".
 * Idris Francis of UKIP and others who opposed Britain's membership of the European Union.