#15 Caitlin's Campaign

Sharron Huddleston has been campaigning for the introduction of a Graduated Driving License Scheme since her daughter Caitlin was killed in a car crash in 2017.

Caitlin was the passenger of a driver who had only held a license for 4 months and whose inexperience contributed to the fatal outcome. Here Sharron talks about her lovely daughter, her grief, and her determination to make our roads safer.

Resources

Brake’s Graduated Driving License campaign

Caitlin’s Story

Road Peace the National Charity for Road Crash Victims.

Forget-me-not Families Uniting private Facebook group

For more resources as discussed on the episode, please visit the ⁠Bereaved Parents' Club⁠.

UPDATE!!

Email from Sharron on 15th October 2024:

The big news was, that we have received the full support for GDL to be implemented as law from Chief Constable Jo Shiner who is the most senior roads policing officer in the UK. She holds the road safety portfolio…

The campaign group has now grown to 157 bereaved family members all calling for GDL.

https://mailchi.mp/roadpeace/graduated-driving-licensing-in-the-national-spotlight-again?e=67740e583d

In the last few days a member of our group has set up a new petition for GDL:

https://www.change.org/p/safer-driving-licensing-for-newly-qualified-17-19-year-olds?recruited_by_id=94381330-880d-11ef-9530-d3f149c6d31c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&utm_medium=copylink&sfnsn=scwspmo

The RAC Foundation proposal to Government on what they think a British Graduated Driving License system should include was released last week too…If you listen from 1hr 46 mins 36 secs you can listen to Elizabeth Box from the RAC Foundation explaining the RAC Foundation proposal for a British Graduated Driving License system and why and how it will save young lives on our roads. Ian Greenwood and myself speak too. Chief Constable Jo Shiner is interviewed at 3 hours 11 mins and 45 secs giving her support, where again you can hear Ian and myself speak. Listen here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js7yjs

This episode is dedicated to Caitlin.