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Originally Posted by zulutango
Easier to stop a speeding car coming towards me than one that is speeding away from me.
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So... you could set up AFTER the school zone monitoring traffic in it? How many of your tickets were issued to drivers passed the school grounds but before the second sign?
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Originally Posted by zulutango
Here is a question for you and your theory of...past the building means speed up...most school zones have signs on them, past the buiildings and grounds, usually on the back of the school zone start signs for oncoming traffic not yet at the building or grounds. These signs say "zone ends'.....so drivers are required to keep the 30 k speed until they pass this "traffic control device". This contradicts your "theory" as this says the zone continues until you pass this sign, not just past the buildings or grounds. See my previous post on my opinion on having to look for sign backs.
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I have never seen on the back of a school zone sign "Zone ends".
Let's recap:
- 147-1 states that a driver must not exceed 30km/hr while approaching or passing the school grounds
- 147-1 does not define the end point of a school zone as being the other sign, nor does it make reference to not exceeding the limit "at any point" between the signs
- The case I referenced clearly states:
"One might have thought that having set a 30 km/h zone with a beginning and an end, the section would have clearly set a maximum speed of 30 km/h while driving in any part of the zone. But it does not so state. A vehicle is only required to drive at a speed of 30 km/h in the zone while approaching or passing the school building and school grounds."
- The MoTI's handbook on sign placement states that the general rule is to locate signs on the right hand side of the roadway, except in circumstances where visibility would be problematic or road design makes it advantageous to place them on the left side - even then, the "printed" side of the sign would be visible to the driver.