{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760326.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":760326,"attributes":{"action":"Make it compulsory to have dual controls in vehicles checked every year","background":"I am concerned that there may be numerous cowboys fitting controls to vehicles to teach people to drive in that are completely unsafe, not fitted correctly and putting everyone at risk. A car needs an MOT, why are cars being fitted dangerously and not being checked.","additional_details":"As a parent, I will one day send my son out to learn to drive. It terrifies me that there are some 'teachers' driving around in older vehicles which are no longer safe, but also having controls fitted that are unsafe; rusted, broken, parts degraded. There is no specific legislation on the safety of learner vehicles. If the car has an MOT, Tax and insurance (which insurers are sometimes not even made aware of the controls), then the vehicles are 'ok' in the eyes of the law. It completely baffles me.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":16,"closing_date":"2026-09-25","created_at":"2026-02-07T13:18:50.308Z","updated_at":"2026-07-14T05:31:00.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-03-25T08:55:13.530Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-02-07T18:49:20.000Z","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,"creator_name":"Rebecca Sloan","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfT","name":"Department for Transport","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":16}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Boston and Skegness","ons_code":"E14001114","mp":"Richard Tice MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chelmsford","ons_code":"E14001159","mp":"Marie Goldman MP","signature_count":5},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hyndburn","ons_code":"E14001299","mp":"Sarah Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Buckinghamshire","ons_code":"E14001360","mp":"Greg Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Abbot","ons_code":"E14001381","mp":"Martin Wrigley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Essex","ons_code":"E14001402","mp":"Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stretford and Urmston","ons_code":"E14001528","mp":"Andrew Western MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Kilbride and Strathaven","ons_code":"S14000077","mp":"Joani Reid MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe","ons_code":"W07000085","mp":"David Chadwick MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":4},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":6},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}