Have your say on government e-petitions

10 years for causing death by dangerous driving or over the drink drive limit.

Submitted on Monday 7th June 2021

Rejected on Monday 21st June 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

10 years for causing death by dangerous driving or over the drink drive limit.

Petition Details

Too many short sentences are given which do not reflect the seriousness of the crime of killing somebody just because the perpetrator is driving a car. This needs to be redressed if a meaningful deterrant is to be effective.

Additional Information

Time and time again I see reports in the press and media where a driver is convicted of causing death by dangerous driving or driving while intoxicated. The sentence is rarely more than a few years. It's disappointing that this is somehow considered "justice".


You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

This petition was rejected

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.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase sentences for death by dangerous driving cases & lifetime driving bans: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578391

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for drink/drug driving, plus lifetime ban: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/588375

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.138.102.114 Mon, 13 May 2024 01:26:05 +0100