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# Drivers Hit with Surprise School Zone Fines – Are You Next?
- URL: https://www.carexplore.com.au/drivers-hit-with-surprise-school-zone-fines-are-you-next/
- Published: 2025-02-01T12:01:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-01T12:01:35.000Z
- Description: Drivers are being caught in a school zone speed trap, with over 2,000 fines issued before Term 1 in 2024. Don’t get caught out in 2025!
- Author: Dylan Anderson
- Tags: Car News

Drivers are being caught off guard by **school zone speed limits** still being enforced during **pupil-free days**, leading to thousands of fines just before the school year starts.

## **Over 2,000 Fines Issued in Just Two Days**

NRMA data reveals **2,184 fines** were handed out in just **two days before Term 1 in 2024**, averaging **1,092 fines per day**—almost **double the February average**.

With **pupil-free days increasing from six to eight in 2025**, even more unsuspecting drivers could be caught in the same trap.

## **“We Don’t Want People to Get Fined” – NRMA**

NRMA spokesman **Peter Khoury** stressed that while children aren’t in class, **school zone speed limits still apply** and will be enforced.

> “It is frustrating for drivers who are normally careful around school zones to be caught out during pupil-free days, because they may not realise the speed limits are still in effect,” Mr. Khoury said.

He emphasized that while most drivers **follow the 40 km/h limit**, many are simply unaware that the **rules don’t change** when kids aren’t in school.

## **More Pupil-Free Days, More Fines?**

This year, **school zones will be active from January 31 to February 5**, before students officially return on February 6.

> “The day to change driver behaviour is when school zones are enforced, not next Thursday when students return,” Mr. Khoury added.

With **thousands of drivers already fined last year**, motorists are being urged to stay alert, or risk becoming **the next victim of this school zone speed trap**.

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