Submitted on Tuesday 1st April 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The offence of death by careless driving should be changed to "murder" when the driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs
This petition calls for a raising of the severity of the offence of death by careless driving to that of murder when the driver is under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both.
The current charge carries a maximum sentence of 14 years for death of a person. The charge of murder would enable a life sentence to be given.
The death of a person in such an accident is as traumatic for the family as that of any murder victim so should be treated the same.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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