Drivers are urged to take extra care on the state’s roads and be on the lookout for school speed zones, as Victorian students return to the classroom from today (Monday, January 31).
Victorian Government schools start back on Monday, with school speed zones enforced from 8am.
Drivers are urged to be patient and should expect an increase in road, pedestrian and bicycle traffic at drop-off and pick-up times.
Some school speed zones are permanent, while others operate from 8am to 9.30am, and from 2.30pm to 4pm on weekdays, with reduced speeds of 40km/h or 60km/h in school zones until the end of the school term.
School speed zones are designed to keep pedestrians safe by lowering the speed limit at peak times when children are travelling to and from school.
Regardless of whether a school is open or closed, all sign-posted 40km/h zones will still apply.
