We call upon the UK Government to take immediate action to amend driving laws so that dangerous, selfish and reckless drivers are remanded in custody until they are deemed safe to be on our roads. 

At 9.15am on July 18th 2024, our beautiful brother, son, dad and uncle, Tim Burgess was killed by a driver who was speeding, driving over the legal alcohol limit, intoxicated with drugs, and using his mobile phone. He attempted to overtake a van before a blind bend and crashed into Tim and Wendy Wall on the opposite side of the road causing the death of Tim and serious injury to Wendy. 

The driver was banned for drug driving in 2021, and just 10 days before killing Tim, he also crashed into a stationary car whilst intoxicated with drink and drugs and fled. Despite this, he was released on bail. 

Tim's death could have been avoided if the driver had been remanded in custody 10 days prior to killing Tim - at least until a pre-trial hearing to decide if he was a danger to the public as a serial dangerous driver who drinks and takes drugs then drives whilst impaired.  

Serial offenders need to be strictly and regularly monitored at random times when spotted driving. It’s easy enough to do if drink and drug drivers were made to register any vehicle they drive with the DVLA, who could then list those registrations on the police ANPR system for random stops and testing.

Dangerous and reckless drivers need to be remanded to make the roads safer for all of us and to prevent utterly tragic deaths like my beautiful brother's, to prevent serious injury, and the devastating consequences of both of these.  

Please would you sign and share this petition far and wide? The current law absolutely needs changing to remand dangerous, selfish and reckless drivers into custody until they are deemed safe to be on our roads. 

We believe that:

1. Dangerous drivers, those who drive under the influence of drink and/or drugs, and those who drive recklessly at high speed, or whilst texting on their mobile phone, should have their license revoked with immediate effect, pending trial and sentencing, preferably with a court ordered curfew also.

2. Those who are repeat drink and/or drug driving offenders should be remanded into custody until they appear before a magistrate for sentence or commital to Crown Court.

3. Stricter monitoring of dangerous drivers is essential which could include mandatory registration of vehicles driven by known offenders with the DVLA, allowing police to use ANPR systems for random checks. Those caught ignoring the revocation of their license should be immediately remanded into custody until trial. 

4. The current legal framework must be revised to ensure that those who repeatedly endanger lives on the road are held accountable before they cause irreparable harm. 

Driving is a privilege, not a right.

Thank you.