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I totally agree. We have the opposite problem as well where I live - around schools there are zones that are 40km/h (25mph) at certain times in the day, and you
by stephen_g 15y ago
I totally agree. We have the opposite problem as well where I live - around schools there are zones that are 40km/h (25mph) at certain times in the day, and you see cops around there all the time, nabbing people going 45km/h at 2:02pm, an hour before any school kids will be in the area... If the periods were more sensible (say, spanning the 30 or 45 minutes when kids are being set down and picked up, not two hours on either side) it would make it a lot better, but as it is, it feels more like revenue raising than anything else.
- jtbigwoo 15y agoThe saddest part about school zone enforcement is that the police almost never enforce the speed limit during pick-up and drop-off times because it'd cause traffic tie-ups.
- Loic 15y agoDo not underestimate the police like that. They know very well what they are doing. They control most of the time outside pick up time to not bother you and just some times to times at pick up time. The goal is mostly to condition you to think that you could be controlled. This is just the goal, putting in your brain that you could be controlled. Just that will make you go a bit slower, even during pick up time. Oh, and this I got it from a German policeman because I asked him why they were not controlling during pick up time.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoHmmm, I would think that 2:02pm is one of the best times to start ticketing. 1. Kids are out and about during this period. There aren't as many of them, so that's the time when drivers are more likely to miss them. 2. Drivers tend to drive the speed of prevailing traffic. By slowing down traffic at 2PM, you're slowing down the traffic, and that effect will persist for a little while at least.