Britons furious amid petition chaos halting plans for new driving licence changes and speed limit rules

The petitions site detailed how it will open again once the House of Commons sets up a new Petitions Committee.

But the site added that it does not know exactly when that will happen, which could see drivers waiting months for a response to pressing issues.

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The Parliament petitions website outlined that all petitions which were open on the site are now closed and can no longer be signed.

They also won’t be reopened during this period but are still available for people to read on the site.

Shockingly, petitions that had been opened before the General Election will no longer be valid once a new Parliament is formed with Britons forced to start again.

Popular petitions include a bid to increase the national speed limit to 100mph amassing over 42,000 signatures, calls to exempt those with Blue Badges from low traffic neighbourhoods and new driving licence changes for younger people.

However, both will now need to start from scratch once the new Committee is announced.

The popular website explained that Britons can start a new one when the site re-opens, adding that this could have the same wording as a petition started before the election, but will have to canvas for new signatures.

The Petitions Committee, which is a group of MPs who decide which petitions are debated, ceased to exist when Parliament was dissolved this week.

Decisions about whether to debate any petitions from the previous Parliament will be the responsibility of the new Petitions Committee.

However, the news was not met with support from angry drivers who felt let down by the process.

Many on social media were frustrated with the decision to close the petitions website, before proceeding to complain about the changes.

One person said: “It’s morally wrong that they can unilaterally decide to shut down our democratic rights to be heard, without automatic right of recourse.”

Another person who managed to get over 300,000 signatures for a petition said it was "so disappointing” that the hard work of all those involved would be erased.

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Petitions that receive over 10,000 signatures prompt a response from the Government, while 100,000 signatures is the benchmark to have the petition debated in Parliament.

The General Election is set to take place in the upcoming weeks on Thursday, July 4.