{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/621258.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":621258,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Allow people the age of 13+ to drive","background":"Allow people the age of 13+ to drive at a young age. They must have a black box to make sure they don't do anything irresponsible while driving and also take much stricter tests. Any unsafe driving will have worse punishments than usual so they can learn.","additional_details":"I think this should be done so children with parents who can't take them to school / unable to get a bus   can just simply drive to school. Some people will also really want to have the experience of driving and can't wait until they are 17.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2022-08-02T18:53:05.169Z","updated_at":"2022-08-04T07:54:35.461Z","rejected_at":"2022-08-04T07:54:28.541Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-08-02T19:06:39.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"We understand you'd like people to be legally able to drive from the age of 13, however it's not clear how the proposed 'black box' would work i.e. what it would do that would prevent young drivers from doing \"anything irresponsible\".\r\n\r\nYou could have a petition calling for the legal driving age to be reduced to 13, and for certain requirements to be placed on manufacturers to make their cars safer to drive for young people, so long as it was clear what those requirements were."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}