Another huge problem with playground zones is education! The drivers in Calgary (and probably in general) don’t know the proper rules, or have forgotten them!
Many continue to drive the accepted 10 over even when the roads are sheets of ice, when the posted limit is for ideal conditions! The signs around our playgrounds are taken out multiple times every winter by drivers not adjusting for the conditions.
You may not see children when you drive in them, but Schools use these zones for bus pickup locations, and children could be present throughout the day!
I walk with my kids to and from school, and witness drivers speeding into, through and out of the playground zones. I also witness drivers unable to understand what a stop sign held by a child at a school cross walk means, they roll through while starring at the kids!
Sadly, tickets are the only way some people learn, but CPS isn’t deploying their people in the locations that really need it!
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