A WIDOW from Long Preston whose husband was killed by a drunk driver has started her second petition calling on the Government to introduce much tougher drink-drive penalties.

Lorraine Allaway, whose motorcyclist husband Bob was killed when he was hit by a car in Settle in 2015, is demanding what is in effect a 'zero tolerance' approach.

Bob was killed by drunk driver Andrew Crook, of Leeds, who was jailed for four years and eight months and banned from driving for five years and eight months. He was two-and-a-half times over the legal limit.

At the end of last year Lorraine delivered a petition to Downing Street containing 102,000 signatures.

Now she has started another petition which asks the Government to - at the very least - bring England and Wales into line with Scotland, where the permitted level of alcohol in a driver's blood is significantly lower.

Lorraine's new online petition has been signed by more than 2,000 people in well under a month.

She said: "My belief is that no one should be allowed to drive with any alcohol or drugs in their bloodstream, but bringing us into line with Scotland would be a start.

"But there seems to be little or no political will to do anything about it at the moment.

"Lives are still being lost to drunk or drugged drivers, and it must be stopped. This is what I would like to see - if you fail a breath test you go to jail on your first offence for a minimum of three years, with a three-year ban to start on your release from prison.

"If you are caught a second time drink driving you go to jail for five years and lose your licence for life.

"For a third time drink-driving, you go to jail for 15 years as you are also driving whilst disqualified.

"I would hope that the threat of longer sentences instead of fines would discourage drivers from drinking."

Lorraine's original campaign was backed by Skipton MP Julian Smith. That petition also called for life bans for drivers who kill vulnerable road users.

She added: "The current situation is clearly not working. We need much tougher sentences or more people will lose their loved ones to drunk and drugged drivers."