Road Safety
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Easter blitz reveals too many bunny drivers
Road rules went out the window over Easter for more than 300 Brimbank motorists who were nabbed by police for driving offences. There were 63…
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Residents reverse call for speed humps
Residents of a busy Taylors Lakes’ street have done an about-face and asked Brimbank council not to install speed humps, despite requesting them in 2008…
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Corner ban rattles Good Friday collectors
A Keilor community group that raised more than half a million dollars for the Good Friday Appeal is disappointed by a Brimbank council ban on…
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Police move on hoon gatherings
Fourteen people have been arrested, and 10 cars seized, during a police operation targeting hoon gatherings across Melbourne. Members of the Taskforce Regarder executed 20 warrants at…
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Up to 400 gather for late night drags
As many as 400 people at a time are gathering in industrial estates at Tullamarine for illegal street racing so intense that fire brigade units are…
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Speeding MP cops seven fines
Federal Gellibrand MP Tim Watts is urging local drivers to be safe on the roads this Christmas after admitting he received seven speeding fines in…
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Witnesses sought for Ring Road crash
Police are calling for witnesses after timber fell from a truck on the Western Ring Road in Sunshine earlier this month, causing a collision between…
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Cops score big during grand final weekend
A total of 57 driving offences were detected in Brimbank during Victoria’s first AFL grand final long weekend. Operation Scoreboard was a statewide operation running…
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West’s roads still subject to excessive speeding
Nearly 1000 people were injured and 17 killed on the west’s roads over the past year. RoadSafe Westgate’s annual report shows the 17 people died…
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Police launch footy finals road blitz
Police across the west will be out in force this weekend of footy finals ‘fever’ as part of a statewide blitz to cut the road…
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Hoons and idiots
Police have had a busy time on the roads. Drug-driver bound for court A Sydenham man was clocked travelling nearly 50 kilometres an hour…
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Driver makes surprise visit in Taylors Hill
A man in his 30s lost control of his car, ran off the road and ploughed into the front bedroom of a home in Domain…
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Driver jailed over ‘lunatic act’
A former Braybrook man has been sentenced to five years’ jail for his role in a road rage incident in which two men were killed.…
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Calder Freeway bike path on the agenda
VicRoads is investigating long-term safety upgrades along a strip of the Calder Freeway that a local cycling group has identified as needing a new bike…
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Driver caught doing 100 km/h over speed limit
A speeding driver is facing court after being clocked driving almost 100 kilometres over the speed limit in Sunshine West. The 26-year-old Altona Meadows man was caught…
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