Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Require additional security measures in new cars to prevent car theft

Closed 301 signatures

What the petition asks

We want the Government to require car manufactures to include 'as standard' biometric security measures (eg. fingerprint, face ID, voice technology, etc) in all new cars, to help prevent car theft. We believe the Government can help reduce car theft by requiring technology like this in all new cars.
Cars are stolen daily with only around 28% recovered and even those recovered still cause a considerable amount of distress to victims.

Car manufacturers should be required to install important technological advancements to help prevent theft. People's lives can be devastated when their cars are stolen and car theft could be reduced by this new requirement.

Timeline

1 Feb 2023 Petition opened for signatures
1 Aug 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 301
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 1 Feb 2023
Closed 1 Aug 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.