As of Oct. 10, a petition to change B.C.’s driving laws so that dangerous drivers have their driving licence revoked until they go to trial, and to impose lifetime driving bans on those convicted of extreme dangerous driving, had more than 6,200 signatures.

The family of 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics, who died on Aug. 25 in Cobble Hill after he was struck by a car while he was rollerblading with his family on a rural road near their home, started the petition.

Xavier died in the arms of his father and older brother.

Shawnigan Lake RCMP said at the time that officers were called to the 4100-block of Hillbank Road just after 8:30 p.m. on that day.

According to police, a northbound Honda Civic lost control, hitting the youth before crashing into a telephone pole.

Both occupants of t

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