The one road rule drivers keep breaking – and it's raking in $28 million a year
The New South Wales government has received almost $28 million in revenue in the last financial year because motorists are breaking this one simple road rule.
Data from Revenue NSW reveals that less than 50 per cent of drivers adhere to 40km/h speed limits in school zones.
Hundreds of other divers have also been caught using mobile phones near schools.
More than 65 per cent of the 105,800 fines issued for speeding in school zones in the last financial year were for drivers exceeding the limit by 10km/h or less.
There were 33,360 fines issued for drivers exceeding school zone limits by more than 10km/h.
Roughly 20,000 drivers received a fine for disobeying a ‘no stopping’ or ‘no parking’ sign near a school.
Almost 8700 motorists were out of pocket after stopping in a bus zone.
Sadly, nearly 650 drivers – including 50 learner or provisional drivers – were caught using a mobile phone in a school zone in the past year.
Since July this year, another 153 drivers have been fined for using their mobile phone near a school.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the most fines for school zone offences were issued near the Princess Highway in Kogarah, close to Kogarah Public and Kogarah High schools.
This area also includes nearby James Cook Boys High School, Moorefield Girls High School, St George Girls High School, as well as St George Hospital, with 6870 offences recorded.
On Woodville Road in Chester Hill there were 4427 infringements, while Victoria Road in Ryde had 4294 drivers fined.
Since June last year, five children under the age of 17 have been seriously injured in NSW school zones.