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Teenage Jailed For Bothergate Horror Crash - 8th November 2019
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/18024059.teenager-locked-carlisles-botchergate-horror-crash/
A speeding teenage motorist whose car ploughed into pedestrians on one of Carlisle's busiest streets ...
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Winter Safety: Be Bright Be Seen - 4th November 2019
PEDESTRIANS and
cyclists are being urged to "be bright, be seen" as the darker nights raise the
risks to the county's most vulnerable road users.
The Cumbria Road
Safety Partnership - an a...
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Driver Gets Three Months For Perverting The Course Of Justice, Whilst CPS Lawer Girlfriend gets Cleared Of Aiding And Abetting. - 29th August 2018
Crown Prosecution Service lawyer is CLEARED of trying to help her boyfriend dodge £100 speeding ticket but he is jailed for three months after lying that he loaned car to fictional Irishman
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Police catch 70 motorists speeding in Keswick - 22nd August 2018
Police caught 70 speeding motorists on a busy stretch of road during just two sittings with mobile cameras.
Drivers who break the speed limit in the Chestnut Hill area of Keswick are being warned b...
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Football Agen Found Guilty Of Causing Death By Dangerous Driving - 7th November 2017
A top flight football agent has been convicted of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving.
Peter Morrison lost control of his Mercedes ML 4x4 on the M6 near Shap.
His car ploughed in...
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Police: We aim to have all static speed cameras running in Cumbria - 7th November 2017
Police: We aim to have all static speed cameras running in Cumbria
Police in Cumbria say they aim to have all of the county's static speed cameras running - but technical issues can force shut-dow...
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322 drivers caught speeding in north Cumbrian town - 14th October 2016
More than 300 drivers were caught speeding in a north Cumbrian town in just seven hours.
Police issued 322 notices of intended prosecution (NIP) for speeding offences during seven one-hour deploym...
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39000 motorists caught speeding in 2015 - 17th June 2016
Nearly 39,000 drivers were caught speeding in Cumbria last year.
Exclusive figures obtained by The Cumberland News show that 38,627 motorists flouted the law and broke the speed limit in 2015.
Pol...
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Cumbria Police Launch summer drink drive campaign - 14th June 2016
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Trial Speed Limit For A66 - 31st March 2016
AN 18-MONTH trial lowering the speed limit on a notorious stretch of the A66 will come into force in May.
The
speed limit between Warcop and Brough will be cut from 60mph to 50mph
in an attemp...
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Coroner Calls For A66 Upgrade To Prevent More Fatalites. - 31st March 2016
A DAD who died with his toddler son in a crash was probably distracted by his children when their car drifted into the path of an oncoming lorry.
Michael Jopson, 25, might have glanced in t...
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Ban For 125mph Driver - 12th February 2016
Ban for 125mph driver
A MOTORIST clocked doing 125mph on a Cumbrian road has been banned from driving.
Adam William Tinkler, 21, was behind the wheel of an Audi when he was caught by Cumbria Sa...
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Cumbria police christmas drink drive results. - 1st February 2016
Every year in December a national campaign is run to encourage people not to drink and drive. However, every year people are still being detected over the limit, with either alcohol or drugs in their ...
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What Are Smart Motorways? - 23rd July 2015
Smart motorways use technology to keep you moving at busy times. You'll see speed limits displayed in a solid red ring overhead and along the roadside.
When traffic builds up, our monitoring s...
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Driving In Bad Weather - 25th November 2014
Drivers and, if on company business, employers must put safety before punctuality during bad weather. For your own and other motorists' dafety you are advised to:
Allow ten ...
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