In the first three weeks of operation the cameras, distributed from Cairns all the way to the Gold Coast, issued 1,607 fines to speeding drivers – the equivalent of 100 penalties every school day.
I wish school zone times weren’t so long though. I go through a few at somewhere between 6:45 and 7:15, so usually just as the zone comes in to effect… and there ain’t no kids there, ever.
Like constantly driving through road works with no works, constantly driving through a school zone with no school activities happening gets you pretty blase.
Also if you don’t have kids you don’t know when school holidays are. Not the biggest deal, but when you’re holding up traffic at 40 clicks and getting all of the beeps and angry Ford Ranger cut offs cause you didn’t know the grommets had yet another month off you kinda err on the side of standard speed limit rather than 40kph when you’re not sure.
I get the stress of dealing with impatient dickheads behind you, but you should absolutely be erring on the side of caution. If you think it might be a school day, slow the fuck down. School zones are generally what, a couple hundred metres? The impatient wankers in their emotional support vehicles can wait a few extra seconds.
Yeah that’s definitely a problem. I’m lucky enough to have a large part of my social circles be made up of teachers, so I’m usually aware of when holidays are. But even then I sometimes forget plus or minus a week or two. I can’t imagine how bad it is for people without even that connection.
I wish school zone times weren’t so long though. I go through a few at somewhere between 6:45 and 7:15, so usually just as the zone comes in to effect… and there ain’t no kids there, ever.
Like constantly driving through road works with no works, constantly driving through a school zone with no school activities happening gets you pretty blase.
Also if you don’t have kids you don’t know when school holidays are. Not the biggest deal, but when you’re holding up traffic at 40 clicks and getting all of the beeps and angry Ford Ranger cut offs cause you didn’t know the grommets had yet another month off you kinda err on the side of standard speed limit rather than 40kph when you’re not sure.
I get the stress of dealing with impatient dickheads behind you, but you should absolutely be erring on the side of caution. If you think it might be a school day, slow the fuck down. School zones are generally what, a couple hundred metres? The impatient wankers in their emotional support vehicles can wait a few extra seconds.
Yeah that’s definitely a problem. I’m lucky enough to have a large part of my social circles be made up of teachers, so I’m usually aware of when holidays are. But even then I sometimes forget plus or minus a week or two. I can’t imagine how bad it is for people without even that connection.