Posted: 9/28/2015 9:30:55 PM EDT
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So let's say that your kids go to a public school and today they are off for "teacher in service." You leave for work in the morning and as part of your regular daily commute you drive through a school zone for a public school in your district. Now, you have not one, but two kids attending these same public schools and know for a fact that there is no school today. So, as you approach the school zone on this wonderful September Monday morning on a four lane road with a 45 MPH speed limit, you see that the school zone lights are flashing, indicating you are in a school zone and the speed limit is now 15 MPH.
What would GD drivers do? |
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Here the sign says to slow to XX when children present. That way you don't have to slow on the weekends or when schools out. The law says that here. If you got cited for it when school is closed, you could likely beat it. But, it would be more worth your time to slow down for a block or two. |
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So let's say that your kids go to a public school and today they are off for "teacher in service." You leave for work in the morning and as part of your regular daily commute you drive through a school zone for a public school in your district. Now, you have not one, but two kids attending these same public schools and know for a fact that there is no school today. So, as you approach the school zone on this wonderful September Monday morning on a four lane road with a 45 MPH speed limit, you see that the school zone lights are flashing, indicating you are in a school zone and the speed limit is now 15 MPH. What would GD drivers do? So OP, how much was the ticket? 
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So let's say that your kids go to a public school and today they are off for "teacher in service." You leave for work in the morning and as part of your regular daily commute you drive through a school zone for a public school in your district. Now, you have not one, but two kids attending these same public schools and know for a fact that there is no school today. So, as you approach the school zone on this wonderful September Monday morning on a four lane road with a 45 MPH speed limit, you see that the school zone lights are flashing, indicating you are in a school zone and the speed limit is now 15 MPH. What would GD drivers do? So OP, how much was the ticket? No ticket, office is a mile or two down the road and got confronted by co worker this morning over my "aggressive driving" even after explaing no school today. Got the whole "lights flashing" speech. Office was divided on the issue with several middle aged mom types actually coming down on my side. They did the same as they knew there was no school today. |
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I'm guessing that you roll thru stop signs and turn left after the light is red too. Do you also park in the fire lane at Wal-Mart just to pick up a few things?
Just because school is out, I bet football/basketball practice is still going on, maybe even some tutoring. Do you want to be a smarty and live with hurting a kid? Slow down when the lights are blinking. This is not a hard question. |
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"Why the hell did you do that, son?" "Seemed like a good idea at the time." |
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Even if you have a law that states students must be present, you are playing with fire. Even on a day you think there is no school, there may be a school function or some kind of alternative school that does have class.
There you are in court and the officer presents proof there was still sports practice, play practice, band practice, a school debate, kids serving detention, one FFA kid showed up to feed the rabbits..... (you get the point) |
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They don't run those lights on Teacher Work Days or other weekday holidays, and summer. For this reason, there may be something going on that you haven't been informed of. Kids may well be in the area. BTW The ticket isn't for "speeding when kids are around." The ticket is for "speeding when the lights are flashing." so there. |
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Slow down no matter how dumb I may consider it to be. FPNI. Half our "no school days" are "Special conference days" or "Teacher workdays" or "Seniors are taking tests days" (Fer reals) or some other such sh!t, so my kids being home doesn't mean no kids are in school. |
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In Oregon if the yellows are flashing its a school zone. Date/Time/Weather/Children present do not matter if they are flashing. That's the law, not saying if its fair or not. It's plenty fair. The government wants to educate our children. This is an easy way for them to claim that they're helping to keep children safe and be right. |
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In my town...the elementary is the only school that hasn't upgraded their school zone lights. Every day from 7:30-8am and ~2:30 pm the flash saying that the speed limit is now 20 MPH. Well...the only problem is that they do this on Holidays, on Weekends and even during the summer when school isn't in session. And it never fails that there is a city cop sitting there...waiting for someone to drive by going 30-35 MPH. He gave a coworker of mine a ticket for speeding in a school zone on Thanksgiving....   |
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Quoted: The law says that here. If you got cited for it when school is closed, you could likely beat it. But, it would be more worth your time to slow down for a block or two. Quoted: Quoted: Here the sign says to slow to XX when children present. That way you don't have to slow on the weekends or when schools out. The law says that here. If you got cited for it when school is closed, you could likely beat it. But, it would be more worth your time to slow down for a block or two. I always slow down. I realize the "When children present" is up for interpretation. |