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Flashing lights are here ....sort of
There are a number of schools I've seen that have had flashing lights installed as promised.
But is it just a token PR gesture rather than making drivers aware of school zone times?
Are they the cheaper version? No
All but two I've seen, are solar powered Type 1 unit, with a black band added to the top of school zone signs with two orange lights.
Except at the Princes Highway Kogarah, School zone santa's stamping ground.

This fancy set up is at the south end of the school zone before the Rocky pt intersection and there's another the same, north of President ave on the Highway.
The white plastic is covering,I assume by the look of it close up, a circle of led lights around the 40.
But what do all the drivers have coming up from Brighton lee Sands on President ave have to warn them that it could be SZ time. Just the old sign (hidden by a tree) and the road markings.
Could children's safety still be an issue?
Also all the drivers coming up north from Rocky Pt road don't have the benefit of flashing lights and people coming out of South St onto the Highway are also being kept in the dark.
Maybe they haven't finished yet.
I drove down the Kingsway Miranda (between the fire station and Taren Pt rd) today and there are no lights at this very busy school zone, which has been mentioned a number of times in the media because of the high volume of traffic, and how dangerous this site is.
Maybe they haven't finished yet.
At the Gymea President ave school zone there are flashing lights on President ave, East and West.
But none on Gymea Bay rd on the main shopping strip, and where the school entrance is.
Maybe they haven't finished yet.

This the flashing used apart from the Kogarah ones
I've yet to see the Peter Olsen style of lights
This entry was posted on 04 Jan 2007 at 21:58 by hstephens and is filed under All.