Implement Mandatory Lifelong Driving Bans for Deaths Caused by Dangerous Driving
Implement Mandatory Lifelong Driving Bans for Deaths Caused by Dangerous Driving
The Issue
On the 31st May 2024, my world was shattered. I was travelling home with my 8-month-old baby, Zackary, who was securely fastened in his ISOFIX car seat and my sister, Karlene, also wearing her seatbelt. A car, speeding at 141mph. Driving a shocking three times over the drink-drive limit, ploughed into the back of us. The driver was also using his mobile phone, snapping a photo moments before the fatal collision with my car clearly visible in the photo and amber light flashing on his dashboard indication immediate collision. My sister was killed instantly, and my son was propelled 50 meters away from our car, he too, killed on impact.
The driver, responsible for the demise of two innocent lives that day, was sentenced to 17 years in prison and received a 21-year driving ban which starts from the date of sentencing. Meaning when he can be released after 2/3 of his sentence in 11 years he will only have a 10 year driving ban. This is not justice — not when my loved ones' lives have been so cruelly snatched away. Why should he ever be allowed to drive again, with previous drink driving ban record. Why should anyone charged with Death by DANGEROUS Driving be allowed to drive again.
If someone has a gun licence and shoots and kills someone, are they allowed their gun licence back? NO. So why should someone using their vehicle as a weapon be allowed their driving licence back?
Every year, an average of 1,766 people are killed in the UK due to dangerous driving. This figure does not merely represent numbers but shattered families left in the wake (Brake, the road safety charity, 2022). It's time for change. It's time for the law to reflect the magnitude of these heinous crimes.
We call upon the UK Government to implement mandatory lifetime driving bans for those committing death by dangerous driving. This demand comes not only from my devastated family but from all other families who have or may suffer the same agony. It's high time that those who take lives on the road are permanently barred from getting behind the wheel. Sign the petition today for Zackary and Karlene and let's ensure that those who drink, speed and kill, never drive again.
Please follow #JusticeforZackaryBladesandKarleneWarner on Facebook for updates and discussions. Thank you.
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The Issue
On the 31st May 2024, my world was shattered. I was travelling home with my 8-month-old baby, Zackary, who was securely fastened in his ISOFIX car seat and my sister, Karlene, also wearing her seatbelt. A car, speeding at 141mph. Driving a shocking three times over the drink-drive limit, ploughed into the back of us. The driver was also using his mobile phone, snapping a photo moments before the fatal collision with my car clearly visible in the photo and amber light flashing on his dashboard indication immediate collision. My sister was killed instantly, and my son was propelled 50 meters away from our car, he too, killed on impact.
The driver, responsible for the demise of two innocent lives that day, was sentenced to 17 years in prison and received a 21-year driving ban which starts from the date of sentencing. Meaning when he can be released after 2/3 of his sentence in 11 years he will only have a 10 year driving ban. This is not justice — not when my loved ones' lives have been so cruelly snatched away. Why should he ever be allowed to drive again, with previous drink driving ban record. Why should anyone charged with Death by DANGEROUS Driving be allowed to drive again.
If someone has a gun licence and shoots and kills someone, are they allowed their gun licence back? NO. So why should someone using their vehicle as a weapon be allowed their driving licence back?
Every year, an average of 1,766 people are killed in the UK due to dangerous driving. This figure does not merely represent numbers but shattered families left in the wake (Brake, the road safety charity, 2022). It's time for change. It's time for the law to reflect the magnitude of these heinous crimes.
We call upon the UK Government to implement mandatory lifetime driving bans for those committing death by dangerous driving. This demand comes not only from my devastated family but from all other families who have or may suffer the same agony. It's high time that those who take lives on the road are permanently barred from getting behind the wheel. Sign the petition today for Zackary and Karlene and let's ensure that those who drink, speed and kill, never drive again.
Please follow #JusticeforZackaryBladesandKarleneWarner on Facebook for updates and discussions. Thank you.
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Petition created on 12 July 2024