Keep to the speed limit and drive to the conditions
Today for Queensland Road Safety Week we’re ‘speaking up for road safety’ and spotlighting driver behaviour.
The Lowood Policing District covers almost 600 square kilometres of Queensland, and includes several small country Primary Schools.
Officers recently attended during school pick up time at one local school and in just under an hour they issued 11 Traffic Infringement Notices.
The majority of these were given for speeds ranging from 57km/h to 106km/h!
All of these offences were committed in a 40km/h hour school zone.
Scary stuff! Especially when you consider that primary school aged children, as young as 5 years old, and their carers are walking, riding and scooting in the area.
This involves crossing the country roads, some of which are winding and don’t allow a clear vision.
The speed limit is the maximum legal speed you can drive at, not the speed you must travel.
Always drive to
