Name of petition:
Strengthen BC’s Dangerous Driving Laws (“Xavier’s Law”)

On August 25th - 2025, a 12-year old boy named Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was killed, while rollerblading with his family, by a dangerous driver at high rates of speed in front of his quiet rural home in the Cowichan Valley. Tragically, dying in his father and brother’s arms. 

Xavier was a bright light, full of promise for the future and his life was taken far too soon. 

Xavier’s Law would mimic Ontario’s Fall legislature proposed “Andrew’s Law.” “Which would include revoking an accused person's licence until they go to trial and enacting lifetime driving bans for people convicted of extreme dangerous driving.”

BC's current legal framework does not immediately protect our communities from drivers who have been involved in reckless crashes. 

The proposed legislation would introduce immediate, mandatory driving bans for motorists involved in collisions resulting in death and that these drivers are taken off the road immediately after the incident until charges are laid, or not laid, and any court proceedings are complete. The law would include suspending a driver’s license, insurability, and the right to drive until due process. This would ensure a dangerous driver could not get behind the wheel again before our judicial system can properly process them, thereby protecting our communities. 

The family, now serving a lifetime sentence without Xavier’s light, has launched this petition to strengthen BC’s current dangerous driving laws. 

Thank you for your support by signing this petition for safer roads.