School Zone Cameras

Running late for work? Did you hit the snooze button one too many times and now the kids are almost late for school or daycare check-in? Almost about to miss the last of the breakfast rush at your favorite restaurant? If any of these or other reasons give you a reason to go through a school zone at a pace over the posted limit, usually of 25 mph, then you may want to reconsider.

Recently, the school system of Clayton county has teamed up with law enforcement to regulate the school zone speeders more efficiently. Now, cameras with automated license plate readers will be placed in each school zone with the ones having the highest number of offenses being the first to receive them. It has not been noted as to which zones these are currently. As stated by Cliff Kelker, Jonesboro Chief of police, “The whole purpose is to keep kids safe in school zones.”

Tickets will be issued to those speeders who go more than 10 mph over the limit. The fine will be $100, noted as a civil fine, to the owner of the vehicle. These cameras will also record 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with tickets being issued only during school zone hours. The constant recording will provide a “good investigative tool” in case anything were to happen around the schools.

The citation money received from the tickets will go to local jurisdictions. Law enforcement also stated that they are proposing that the school district also receive a percentage.

So, don’t take the chance of speeding through the zone. You may think you’ve gotten away with it, until you check your mailbox and you’re met with a fine that you weren’t expecting.