Bigjay73
Well-known member
Do people in your city also speed through school zones, or is it just a Denver thing?
School zones
- Thread starter Bigjay73
- Start date
The flashing lights trigger the fight or flight mechanism and since Denver and surrounding counties are no chase districts speeding away from police officers, forcing them to go over the speed limit, results in a free pass. Hence the speeding through school zones.
noharleyyet
Well-known member
Big no no here...no tolerance, no warning ticket...expensive
Same here.
Scott85
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 22, 2018
- Messages
- 3,005
I have a speeding problem but I refuse to even go 1 mph over in a school zone.
Bigjay73
Well-known member
Same
Bigjay73
Well-known member
Was back home for me as well. Here you get tailgated, honked at, swerved around, and told that you are number 1
Nameless Range
Well-known member
Our sheriff puts deputies at every school in the county during drop off and pickup at our schools. I've noticed better behavior.
cgasner1
Well-known member
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2016
- Messages
- 2,988
It’s just people in general my neighborhood is 25 mph I bet most cars travel thru it at 40+ I’ve literally thrown rocks at cars hoping the guy would turn around and come back. That also makes my wife mad at me but it is what it is
T
tjones
Guest
In Montana if you are elected Superintendent of Public Instruction you can pass stopped school buses.
Does that count?
montanafreepress.org
Does that count?
Arntzen illegally passed a school bus at a stop in her neighborhood, report says
The state superintendent of public instruction said she wasn’t aware of the alleged violation.
montanafreepress.org
LuketheDog
Well-known member
Denver Metro/Front Range has the worst drivers in the country, hands down, and enforcement is lax at best. There's a guy who has a hot Camaro who rips through the school parking lot every day at pickup time, he and I are going to have a conversation soon.
Bigjay73
Well-known member
I can't disagree. I've watched people run red lights with cops stopping at said light, no action taken. I think it's been like this since covid
Yep, when you get reprimanded, written up, sued, and fired for doing your job it creates a reverse incentive for people to do their jobs. Pre Covid denver pd would only accept the top 10% of candidates into each training class. Now they cannot fill all the slots in a training class. And those that are in the classes look like the mall cops that could never pass the physicals previously. It’s really a sad state of affairs. The percentages may be slightly off but the gist is true. I worked for the city during that period of time until they fired me for not getting the Covid jab. They had such trouble hiring they did away with the mandate before the first quarter was over. Best thing that ever happened to me. But seeing the inner workings of the city now is terrifying.
Double posted
np307
Well-known member
It's impossible to speed in a school zone here because they back traffic up an hour before school opens.
You should drive through Corvallis, Montana when school is let out. Why can't kids ride the bus anymore? mtmuley
HuntTalk Freak
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2018
- Messages
- 1,168
We must be related. They go even fast on my street I see 50+ sometimes, it’s a popular cut through.
In my AZ town there are these horrendous pick up and drop off lines that go around the block. I asked about it and apparently the kids have to stand and wait for their parent’s vehicle to pull up front.
These schools are all within walking distance of the neighborhoods the kids are from.
These schools are all within walking distance of the neighborhoods the kids are from.
