Source: Salt Lake City Police Dept.
The Salt Lake City Police Department would like to
take this opportunity to reiterate some of the traffic laws which will be
enforced during the next week that are specifically applicable to the start
of the traditional school year.
School zone speed limits are set at twenty (20) miles per hour. Some school
zones have flashing lights to help alert drivers to the presence of a school
zone. Some school zones only have signs posted indicating that a driver is
approaching a school crossing. Salt Lake City Police Officers will be
enforcing the twenty-mile per hour speed limit in all school zones
throughout Salt Lake City.
Crossing guards are empowered to stop vehicular traffic when functioning in
that capacity at those school crossings where they are stationed. Please be
cognizant of the presence of the crossing guard, and follow their
instructions at the school crossings accordingly.
Drivers may not pass a school bus stopped with red lights flashing, or a
stop arm extended, or a combination of both, from either direction.
Drivers should be aware that traffic regulations also require that
pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk be given the right of way. Any
pedestrian who is in the driver's half of the roadway, or so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard, must be given the right of way in the
crosswalk.
Traffic regulations also prohibit a driver of a vehicle from passing another
vehicle traveling in the same direction that is stopped at a crosswalk to
allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway.
