Butler frightened by speeding in CBS school zones

By Craig Westcott

Schools are back in session for nearly a month now and so are the speeders in school zones, according to CBS councillor-at-large Christine Butler. 

“I drive probably daily by one or other of our schools in CBS and I do notice there are a number of drivers who do not abide by the 30 kmh school zones,” Butler said. “I do. The thing is, I’m scared. People come up behind me all out, they really do, and I’m frightened to death I’m going to get rear-ended by somebody, or they swerve over, and that could also cause an accident. Also, in every one of those 30 kmh school zones, there are crosswalks. You never know when someone is going to be crossing the road, and if you’re not keeping an eye on the road going 50 or 60 trying to get ahead of somebody else, that could be a case of a very bad accident and tragedy happening. So please, please abide by the 30 kmh school zones and take care of yourself, your passengers, and everybody else.”

Mayor Darrin Bent thanked Butler for raising the warning, one he usually gives annually. He said the Town works with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary on trying to control traffic speeds in school zones. The four lanes in front of St. George’s Elementary in Long Pond, is one of the worst areas, he noted.

“That is probably one of the ones where you see most of the speeds getting up a little too high and people zig zagging around the slow 30 kmh traffic to try to get ahead, and it is dangerous and it’s sad to see,” said the mayor. “But the RNC will be out periodically through all the school zones in CBS over the next few weeks and beyond.”