Drivers want better signage when turning into school zones from side streets [Video]

TULSA, Okla. — It’s easy to spot active school zones if you’re driving on busy streets like 71st or Garnett.

Speeding in an active school zone will get you an automatic court date. If found guilty, you face fines and the possibility of jail time.

But, it can be difficult to tell if a school zone is active if you turn into it from a side street, home, or business within the school zone.

We first started digging into this issue last week:

Drivers have trouble seeing some school speed zone signs around Tulsa

It prompted drivers like Laurie Maurer and Terry Doverspike to contact the City of Tulsa, asking for better warnings. Both want flashing lights to warn drivers when school zones are active.

More Concens About School Zones Drivers Can’t See

It is not going to happen.

The Tulsa Traffic Department installed signs exiting Maurer’s neighborhood across Garnett from Union’s 8th Grade Center and McAuliffe Elementary and coming out of Doverspike’s neighborhood on South 73rd East Avenue and East 71st Street.

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