Police to begin school zone speed warnings

Starting Monday, the City of Canton Police Department will commence a 30-day Warning Period to notify and help drivers adjust to Automated Enforcement of School Zones, according to a press release.

Cherokee High School and Teasley Middle School are in the process of GADOT approval for the same program. The initial school zone camera is installed at Hasty Elementary, on East Main Street, and Brown Industrial Parkway. Initially the city will mail warning notices to the registered owners. New signage alerting drivers of the stepped-up enforcement has already been installed.

The program was instituted after a nationwide spike in pedestrian fatalities over the past decade in which Georgia became one of the five deadliest states for pedestrians, with the seventh-highest fatality rate.

Also, the Canton Police Department conducted speed studies within all of its school zones, which produced over 3,000 speeding violations in a single day.

The new program will be fully operational and issuing real citations on April 28.

Information: 770-720-4883.

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