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Give drink drivers an instant 4 week jail sentence if convicted to deter them.

Submitted on Tuesday 20th September 2016

Published on Tuesday 20th September 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 20th March 2017

Signatures: 38

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Give drink drivers an instant 4 week jail sentence if convicted to deter them.

Petition Details

In 2014 stats show that some 220 people were killed in crashes in which a driver was over the legal limit, 880 were seriously injured. Nearly 1 in 6 of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit. This is still too high and people still think it's OK to drink-drive.

Additional Information

A total of 613,090 people were charged with drink driving during this period. 2004 - 2014. Statistics show that 595,093 (97%) of defendants charged were subsequently convicted while 17,997 (97%) were not convicted. Taken from drink driving.org


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