A grieving dad has used an appearance on Question Time to spark a campaign to bring in life bans for drink drivers who cause fatal crashes.

Scott Webb said he was determined something good would come out of a tragedy that saw his son Aidan, 19, killed by motorist who was one and a half times over the limit.

The teen was a passenger on the way home from watching England in the Euros when a Vauxhall Corsa driven by Tyler Wilkins, 20, crashed just before 10pm on December 10 2022.

Wilkins, of Milton Keynes, Bucks., pleaded guilty to one count of causing death by careless driving whilst over the legal limit of alcohol and was jailed for three and a half years in September this year.

But his seven year driving ban has left Aidan's family bereft and demanding much stronger sentences.

And after raising the issue to Fiona Bruce and the Question Time panel, Scott launched a petition to change the law - that has shot up to 18k signatures in just weeks.

Scott, 52, of Milton Keynes, said: "Our main aim is to introduce a law that means drivers that kill while over the limit are banned for life."

"I don't want people to lose licences - I want there to be something to stop people drink driving."

"I don't think the law is enough - to prevent people at the moment."

"When Aidan's killer comes out he will be allowed to drive again in just a few years. That doesn't seem right to me."

"My appearance on Question Time is what started it all and it has got good traction since. It's now up to 18,000 signatures and I haven't really got going yet."

Aylesbury Crown Court heard how Aidan died at the scene and three other passengers, all aged in their late teens, were taken to hospital for treatment for minor injuries.

Wilkins was arrested the same day and later charged.

Reflecting on the day of the tragedy, Scott said they had gone to watch the football during the Euros in a pub. The group of ten were in two cars and one got home safely and turned up to the pub he was in when they couldn't get hold of Aiden.

Scott added: "I got my brother to pick me up and we went straight to the scene. I got told at the roadside he had passed away."

"I just wish I had never let him out that night. My last words to him were 'have a good night, don't let anyone drink or drive. If I could turn the clock back and take his place I would do it in a heartbeat."

Scott said straight after his son's death he had been determined something good would came out of it.

He added: "Police came out the next morning about 5am and I said then something has to change from this - something good has to come out from it."

"The main thing being we want to stop other families going through what we have gone through."

"This has had such a massive impact on us. It has taken us this long to get back to somewhere we can do something like this. "

"We will never be the same again. We will never be the same people. I lost part of my life that day that will never come back."

"I am just not the same person. "

"I tell anyone who thinks about drink driving to think about a loved one, where you have to go and see them and you can not see their full face - that is what families have to go through and what we saw in hospital the next day and the chapel of rest will haunt me forever."

"It is absolutely horrendous."

In addition to being over the limit, several defects were also found on Wilkins car, including a bald tyre and faulty automatic brakes.

Scott said the family consider his sentence "far too lenient" and said he could never forgive him for taking his son away."

He said: "I read my personal statement in court and I said to him - you have given an emotion I never thought I would have, which is hatred - I hate you for what you have done to my family."

"We never received an apology or letter from him. His step dad and mum wrote us a letter but we have not read that either."

"It won't help me in any way."

Aidan had been on a gap year and was planning to go to university to study cyber security.

Paying tribute, Scott, who is being supported in the campaign by wife Angela Webb, 48, and son Lewis, 17, said: "He was fun-loving and had so many friends. Everyone wanted to be his friend and he would light up a room."

"He had a great sense of humour - loved skateboarding, gaming and had great taste in music."

"He was just perfect."

Scott said he felt his question on Question Time didn't get answered properly but he was told after the show his thoughts would be passed on to the Ministry of Justice but he's not heard anything back since them.

He has also had a meeting with his local MP who said they are also waiting for a reply.

He added: "There needs to be more awareness. You always used to see adverts on television but doesn't seem to around anymore. It is as if people now accept it happens. "

"Aidan was one of 300 victims who died that year. Drug driving killed another 97 so that's more than one a day. 1620 people were also seriously injured. It is a major problem but doesn't get talked about enough."

"Our aim is to get the numbers up to 100k on the petition and get it seriously considered by the government."

"People say when these incidents happen everyone must be drunk in the car. But we had Aidan's toxicology report and even though he didn't drive, if he had he would have been under the limit."

"There seems to be a stigma around it being a group of lads. But there were two girls and three lads in the car - and Aidan would have been under the limit."

"He only had one drink and we know and have spoken to other friends in the car and they hadn't paid any attention to what Tyler Wilkins had drunk that night. "

"People always think that passengers willingly get in the car knowing the driver is over the limit, but it's not always the case."

The Ministry of Justice said: "Our thoughts remain with the family of Aidan Webb."

"Independent judges decide sentences including whether to impose lifetime driving bans but we are committed to ensuring the punishments available fit the severity of the crime, and are investing in recruitment and additional sitting days so justice can be delivered swiftly."

To sign the petition visit http://change.org/LifetimeDrivingBans