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Parents gather to protest school zone speeders
They came to make a point and some drivers emphasized it for them.
Several Amy Woodland Elementary School parents gathered, with placards waving, this afternoon on 11th Avenue South. The reason being, said protest co-organizer Jennifer Pierre, is “enough is enough.”
Suzie, the cutout of a child crosswalk indicator placed at two locations in front of the school, has been run over five times this school year. And about 10 times in the past five years.
Drivers are not getting it, Pierre said.
Pierre, whose son attends the school, provided more details during a scrum involving most local media outlets.
“We have adults who don’t seem to care,” she said and the protest is an attempt to reach some of those reckless drivers and the community-at-large to slow down in school zones.
Covering the protest, held at the close of school today (May 31), a local radio station reporter observed a driver speeding through the school zone… while looking at their phone. Some of the protesters observed similar things.
E-KNOW’s reporter, while driving about 25 km/h through the school zone in front of the school on 6th Street South, had a vehicle zoom up behind and tailgate him before zipping off and parking in the school lot. A parent in a hurry to pick up a child, apparently.
East Kootenay Highway Services RCMP patrolled around the school as children emptied it for the day, a steady stream of them using the crosswalks on 11th Avenue S.
Lead image: Parents protest speeders and reckless drivers in the school zone at Amy Woodland Elementary School this afternoon, May 31. Ian Cobb/e-KNOW images
– Ian Cobb/e-KNOW
