Submitted on Sunday 6th January 2019
Rejected on Monday 21st January 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make eye tests and fitness to drive tests mandatory for senior drivers.
The past year there have been a number of high profile accidents involving senior drivers, some of which have resulted in the death of innocent people who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This petition is to legislate for an annual eye tests and biannual assessment for driving skills
Check out these examples.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/m40-crash-wrong-way-oxfordshire-thames-valley-police-a8590006.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bus-driver-dementia-coventry-kailash-chander-rowan-fitzgerald-dora-hancox-court-a8543866.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/18/wife-killed-older-driver-law-change
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/230554
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