School zone

A school zone refers to an area on a street near a school or near a crosswalk leading to a school that has a likely presence of younger pedestrians. School zones generally have a reduced speed limit during certain hours.

Fines

Fines for speeding in school zones may be enhanced. For example, many authorities double speeding fines in school zones. In NSW, there are increases in fines that apply in School Zones, during School zone times. The most common offences that occur in a school zone will also attract demerit points. This includes most parking offences, such as parking on a footpath / nature strip, double parking, disobeying a No Stopping or No Parking Sign and stopping in a bus zone. In the UK the fine for stopping next to a school is 30GBP (£) In humberside .

When effective

School zone speed limits are often, but not always, only applicable during posted weekday hours near the beginning and ending of school when children are likely to cross roads. In some jurisdictions, the school zone speed limit is effective at all times when school is in session, plus additional time before and after the school day. Flashing amber lights often indicate when the school zone is effective. When a school zone also has a large playground facility, it may double as a playground zone and the speed limit could be in effect longer — or even continuously.

School Zone (manga)

School Zone (スクールゾーン, Sukuuru Zoon) is a horror manga series by Kanako Inuki. The series follows a group of children as they discover that the many ghost stories, urban legends, and superstitions they have heard about their school are real.

Plot

There exist thirteen ghost stories about the school and, it is said, a terrible fate is reserved for those unlucky ones who learn all thirteen. One afternoon, one student tells the others the one about the human head found in the school elevator. Soon after, many students begin to experience strange and terrible encounters with the supernatural, and coming to school now becomes a struggle for survival.

Reception

It has received a positive review from Katherine Dacey from The Manga Critic.

References

External links

School Zone (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia