SCHOOL speed zones are back in place from Monday, as students return back to the classroom.
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Term 1 officially begins on Monday, marking the start of 40 kilometre per hour zones outside most schools.
Drivers are urged to take extra care on our roads and be on the lookout for school speed zones.
The Department of Transport has asked parents 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.
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