Speeding in school zones is a problem, and local police say they’ll be showing offending drivers zero tolerance.
Thunder Bay Police Service traffic enforcement officers set up across within school zones across the city Tuesday to remind drivers to take extra precautions those areas.
“We want to make sure that it’s a safe day for all the children,” said acting sergeant Gordon Snyder.
“We want to make sure that they get through the day safely, and it’s up to everybody in the public to make sure that happens.”
Throughout the next couple of weeks police officials will be patrolling school zones to ensure public safety.
He wants to remind motorists that with children going back to school it’s going to take a little bit longer to get to places.
“We want to make sure that the speeds are reduced to make sure people are able to stop in an appropriate amount of time and also that people are paying attention to their driving,” Snyder said outside Edgewater Park Public School.
“It only takes a second for a child to run out on the road and we want to make sure that the public is driving appropriately for the public to be able to react to those situations.
Snyder said he was not only impressed but encouraged by the morning’s traffic outside Edgewater Park Tuesday morning.
He added that they were seeing relatively slow speeds around the school zones.
“I’m happy that the majority of the public is obeying those speeding laws, however we still get the few that choose not to, and we are still seeing some that are 20 or 30 over.”
Snyder said if those people aren’t listening to the educational component that officers are putting out then they will have to try a different tactic, which will result in an enforcement component and a monetary penalty.
