ORANGE police are warning motorists to slow down around schools this week, with many drivers expected to be caught out as term one begins.
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School zones will begin again on Friday, despite few students being at school until Monday, January 30.
“We are just reminding the community that school is going back and to be mindful,” Canobolas Local Area Command acting Inspector Dave Harvey said.
“We regularly have cars out to monitor and enforce the 40km/h zones, for both speed and driving behaviour.”
The school zones will kick in at the same time double demerits will be in force for the Australia Day long weekend.
The majority of school zones operate between 8am and 9.30am in the morning and between 2.30pm and 4pm in the afternoon.
However, there are a small number of non-standard school zone times in NSW.
These zones are identified by red or orange signs which indicate non-standard operating times.
Non-standard school zones also have flashing lights as an extra reminder to drivers about the times that they are operating.
Penalties for motorists caught speeding in school zones range from $154 fine and two demerit points to a $2041 fine.
In addition, motorists may incur up to 14 demerit points during double demerit point periods.
Penalties are higher for heavy vehicles.
