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I truly find it amazing that motorists continue to violate the 30km/hr through school zones during the week. Yes, we all no that the schools are closed for spring break and there are no students in the area. However, the signs are clearly posted "30km/hr 8:00 - 17:00 Monday - Friday September - June"  
It does not have a "foot note" on the signs stating "except when there is a holiday or the school is closed?" A friend of mine was given a ticket for almost 800.00 for not slowing down to 60km/hr in a "workers area" on the highway - when there were no workers around after 4pm on a Friday(they had shut down for the weekend). The officer indicated, regardless if the workers were "off duty and not in the area - the signs were still posted and you would still be fined" So that being said, the signs are posted and you would not have any defense if you were to be ticketed either.  
I was "obeying the law" while slowing down to 30 km/hr along 26th street by J.R. Reid school and some other motorist "honked" and passed me and "flipped the bird". So my advise is, obey the law and you won't get a ticket - it would be an ideal time for the BPS to "sit and wait for you" Hmmmm?

I can say for all the time I've gone through a construction zone and complied, I have never seen law enforcement. I am mindful of the school zones and you are right, Sept-june. I kept that in mind and slowed down. The person that flipped you off will get theirs. Don't take it personally. Better to err on the side of caution other than to be "right". It will never happen and sooner or later, ppl like that will get caught and still believe they are right.  

Cities like Calgary, have the reduced speed limits all the time, not just school days, makes sense tho, kids will play at parks and playgrounds on weekends & after 5, I would accept that law here, for safety of our kids to play.

I've gone through this before too! It blows my mind. One time I had a car that was behind me when I slowed down, race up beside me at honking horn, they were all staring at us like we were crazy for slowing down, giving us the finger, then cutting us off to prove a point. It was crazy, and scared my daughter. I was following the law. Then last week on good friday, I thought the guy behind me was going to drive through the back of van. He couldn't have gotten any closer. Then they race around me and glare. I said to my teen, that these holiday days on weekdays during sept-june would be a fantastic time for the city to make quite a bit of money on speeding fines. I really wish it would be enforced before someone's road rage on others for following the law, gets really out of hand.  
 
Edited by Cheezies, 2016-03-30 23:54:01

With the decent whether this week, I'm sure the school playgrounds will/have been busy. I seen on police services Twitter page that they will continuing to do enforcement in school zones this week even without school.

It's super unfortunate, and it is really inconvenient, but those with road rage from the reduced speeds are probably more of a hazard than when the speed limit wasn't so slow.  
 
But if you think about it, it only adds maybe a minute to your commute, which isn't too bad to save you from wiping a kid who never learned to look both ways off your windshield and/or a ticket.