Petition INTRODUCE A NEW CHARGE FOR CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY WHILE DISQUALIFIED/UNINSURED

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At present there is NO charge for causing serious injury while disqualified/uninsured, a death has to occur before someone can be charged with an offence. The only applicable charge is driving while disqualified/uninsured. This would probably only result in a fine. This is totally unacceptable.

If someone is disqualified they have already broken the law previously. If serious life threatening or life changing injuries occur there should be a charge which carries a custodial sentence, not just a fine.
We suggest a sliding scale of up to 9 years imprisonment for the most severe injuries or driving record.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

279 signatures

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Date closed 28 January 2014
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