Data from the Georgia Department of Transportation shows a scary fact—between 2013 and 2021, there were over one million car crashes in school zones between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., during the middle of the school day. Many of these accidents happened because drivers were speeding. School zones should be some of the safest areas on the road, but instead, they have become dangerous places where preventable crashes happen.
School zone safety cameras help fix this problem by reducing speeding and lowering the number of accidents. Since so many crashes happen during school hours, it doesn’t make sense to turn the cameras off when kids are at school. These cameras remind drivers to slow down and be careful around schools. Without cameras watching, too many drivers treat school zones like any other road, putting kids in danger.
Keeping school zone cameras on during the entire school day helps ensure that drivers stay alert and follow the rules. It’s time to make student safety a priority by keeping speed cameras active whenever children are present.
