| sebberry | 06-21-2014 08:45 PM |
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Originally Posted by Spidey
(Post 8490936)
so what you guys are really curious about it whether you can travel 60+ or have to keep at a low 40+... because we all know most of you don't go 30 when you are supposed to anyways.
| Fortunately I drive a 5sp and it's really easy to keep it at precisely 30kph. I know this because I stare at the speedometer constantly in the school zone.
Seriously, school zones are one of the few places and times where I don't let the needle exceed the speed limit. You can throw around whatever e-judgement you want of me, but that's the truth.
On another note, I find this bit of the ruling interesting: Quote:
[22] Before I conclude this judgment, I comment on the equivocal or illogical drafting of section 147(1). It seems to me that its wording could lead to its inapplication in situations to which it is likely the Legislature intended it to apply. 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. A school zone in some places may be long enough that it may not be clear when a vehicle is approaching a school building or school grounds (assuming for the moment the disjunctive) or if it has yet to arrive at the approaching stage. Perhaps even more problematic, if a vehicle has approached and passed but has not yet left the zone, is it still required not to exceed 30 km/h.
| So it seems that once you've passed the school building, but not the back of the school zone sign, you are legally permitted to speed up. Clearly this might be a silly thing to do as there are possibly children still crossing the road, and your faster vehicle speed might not prompt drivers coming the other way to slow down. | 