POLICE have prosecuted 75 lorry driversfor ignoring the experimental ban on HGVs cutting through KirkbyStephen.
Cumbria police said many drivers had heeded the bansince it was introduced last December, but some had continued to use thatstretch of the A685.
Police spokesman Mike Head said driverswere initially given a £20 fixed penalty notice, but police had the powerto take repeat offenders to court.
In very serious cases, theycould ask for drivers' licences to berevoked.
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