A new year ... a new motoring start? Wesley Wan, vice-president of the Hong Kong Automobile Association has high hopes. In our roadside poll of prominent motorists' New Year driving resolutions, Wan says he wants to make enough money to buy a car that he really wants to drive. 'A Lamborghini Gallardo would be a good start,' he says. 'I'd also like to see our project to open a motor-racing circuit in Hong Kong take off.' The HKAA is also about to launch a campaign to promote respect for traffic lights. 'If we all stop racing to beat the red light, the roads will become much safer,' Wan says. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's executive director of racing, hopes to keep his clean driving licence in his BMW 530. 'I will try not to scream at taxi and minibus drivers who stop suddenly, or squeeze you out of a lane,' he says. 'There are minimal chances of my keeping these resolutions though.' Engelbrecht-Bresges says he wishes other motorists wouldn't accelerate when they see you want to switch lanes to close up an existing gap. 'For taxi drivers, I would hope that they don't suddenly brake when they see a potential customer,' he says. David Eldon, the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, resolves to only take the car when necessary, and walk instead. 'But the pollution might get me faster that way,' he says. Eldon would like Hong Kong drivers to emulate the Australian 'zipper' method of merging traffic, which could well be one of the ways of getting Gloucester Road moving again. Crown Worldwide chairman and F1 devotee Jim Thompson wants to drive his restored Datsun 240Z in Hong Kong more often, and take his Ferrari Testarossa for a run on a top British track. 'I'd also like to join my son in a Harley-Davidson ride next year in China,' he says. His main New Year motoring wish? 'I'd like Hong Kong drivers to resolve to get off the road when they've had a 'fender bender', so the traffic can continue moving.' He also calls for the ban of tourist buses that block Stubbs Road residents who are trying to get home. Meanwhile, Tai Sang Bank director Philip Ma resolves to drive an Aston Martin DBRS9 in one of two races in the FIA GT3 European Championships. 'I'd like other drivers to respect the speed limit and pay attention to lane control, letting faster cars pass on the right,' says the Subaru S203-driving track veteran. Tim Freshwater, vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia, says he's determined to get a fun car. 'For the past nine years, I've been sharing a car with my wife, Judy,' he says. 'We currently have a Mercedes C320 which has 'AMG' on the back. The engine may have been tweaked, but that's about it.' And he wishes taxi drivers 'would abandon the jerky style, so I can use my Blackberry without getting seasick'. What's your motoring wish for 2006? E-mail cars@scmp.com