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Petition update, 21 August 2008

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The govt. have proposed that the driving age in the UK should be raised to 18 after 1 year of lessons and that new drivers should be prohibited from transporting teenagers at night. Neither of these should go ahead. Biological fact: humans learn better at a younger. The driving age should remain at 17. A year of lessons? Many people don't need this many lessons and it would make driving an elitist practice. Lessons cost £25 p/h. One a week for 52 weeks is £1200. Ridiculous. Teen passengers at night; one of the reasons teens learn to drive is to go out with girlfriends and boyfriends on dates or to friends' houses etc. If new drivers are unable to take a teenager home at night what does the govt. propose they do? Break the law by taking their friends home anyway? This is a curfew in disguise. We agree that the attitude towards driving should change but this is the wrong way to achieve such an aim. Penalising the young for being young causes disillusionment. Why should a minority of reckless teenagers ruin it for the majority who have the capability and maturity to drive just as safely as anyone else?

Current signatories

Lilyna Czechnjavyik, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Alison Terry
• Implement the change now!! Driving is a priviledge, not a right.
• Jon Luke
• Dominic A Lucas
• Rhys Crabtree
• Philip Glover, 52
• John Talbot
• C Davey
• Greg Vaughan
• stephanie marshall
• Lindsay Nowell
• Alana wise
• yasmin hucknall
• Ryan Tonks
• Freya Morris
• joshua holdridge
• kirsty
• Bernadette Vaughan
• Heather McCartney
• Rahul Modhvadia
• Emma Charles
• Sian
• Chris Charman
• Jessie Hannington
• ryan mcrostie
• Shaun Brasier
• Sean True
• Nathan Payne
• Adam Benney
• Sadie Wilmarsh
• Sam Skelton
• Edward Simmons
• Matthew J Baker
• Hannah
• jack keene
• Josh Price
• Leah Rhodes
• Emma Ford
• Matt Nesling
• Jamie Best
• Bethan Jones
• julie
• Jed
• dionne.smith21@yahoo.co.uk
• nsmith@waltham.ac.uk
• Gina Barrett
• conor
• Neil Larkin
• Jack Lewars
• wayne gibbs
• cagan dogan
• ibrahim ilhan
• Nueman Nawaz
• becky potter
• Carol Barnes
• onur akarsu
• Solene Jacquin
• Lynda Saleh
• Lee davies
• Graham Macaulay
• Natascha Smith
• kellyanne
• angela
• leonard
• claire smith
• samantha brown
• Rachel Crossley
• Ste Pool
• Michael Ladley
• Victoria
• Lora cattrall
• ryan farrelly
• Rachael Harrington
• Stephen Rudd
• Emily J Rudd
• David Hopkins
• Emma Booth
• hannah lancaster
• Fiona Staples
• Jodee Ayres
• Laura Norman
• Katelyn Dyason
• Hannah Jones
• Seb Whitton
• Laura Deffley
• Rifat Mumtaz Khatana
• Becky Shelton
• Edward Simmons
• Kieran Ghataora
• Krishnan Rathod
• Daniel Hammond
• Ollie Snelling
• Amy Carter
• Jessica Millward
• Catherine
• Josh Jones
• Nawaz Adam
• billy
• nasir
• ahmed sidat
• Anthony Caren
• Rizwan Dookanwala
• shoyeb mayat
• Hafsah Waraich
• Steph
• Hazel Harvey
• Adam Coleberd
• Zoe Young
• C Kemp
• Amelia Sneddon
• shelagh dale
• Lewis Ross
• Elizabeth coe
• Amelia Neild
• Colin Neild
• ashley baker
• James Snuggs
• Michael Saffer
• Jamie
• Samuel Kennard
• Elana Cohen
• Elise Bloom
• Daniel Cohen
• Toby Rowe
• Sufia Rahman
• Imaan Gill
• Katie Lob
• Gemma Cole
• Katie Lebe
• Anselm Plummer
• Katie Prior
• Sean Larkin
• Serge Albohayre
• Abigail Wright
• Songul Acar
• Rebecca Wharton
• april wright
• Jessica Hind
• evie polden
• Lydia
• Tom Adams
• Stuart Geddes
• Sam Bilton
• Rachel Edwards
• Ian Dowty
• Luke James Osborne
• Toby Lane
• Viren Lakhani
• irene burns
• Alex Warwick Vesztrocy (UKYP)
• Tim Dawkins
• jennifer
• jack fowler
• Jonathan Clarke
• Brett Green
• Jonathon Noddings
• Joe Harding
• Hannah Marshall
• Leah Bracha
• Stephanie Tweedale
• Rob Fernandes
• Daniel Mason
• Sami Line
• ken pickavance
• wayne smith
• Alex Smart
• Thomas Seligmann
• Grace Lilly-anne Alexandra Archell-Thompson
• Lynn Oglesby
• Martin Bury
• Rebecca Irvine
• Brad Staniforth
• franki riches
• Joe Anderson
• Jenna Bell
• jade simmons
• Laura coppard
• Jennie Radford
• Rowan
• Rachel Bell
• Bethany Dunstan
• Akashdeep Dhillon
• Charlotte Griffiths
• UPAGETO THIRTY
• Mark Wilkins (Age 47!)
• Joe Holebrook
• Oliver Cook
• Sam Black
• paul hanna
• Jonathan Howe
• katy jones
• paul goodburn
• Myles Perry
• Claire Cairney
• Danielle Jouanny
• nia
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• Shelley Fitzpatrick
• Elin Edwards
• Craig Wilshire
• Angelina. T
• Sidra Hussain
• Aaron Griffiths
• jake dunn
• Gemma Wood