As schools in Hall County open for the new school year Friday, motorists will find something new around some of the schools.
First of all, county crews have been placing “speed limit” and “school zone” signs on some roads, such as Montgomery Drive near McEver school.
Secondly, the sheriff’s department has been erecting some other signage. Here’s some of what the department has posted on its Facebook page.
“Friday, August 4, is the ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ in Hall County, and you know what that means…lots more ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ on the roads.
With the extra traffic in mind, HCSO has installed ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ in some of the more heavily-traveled school zones – as well as some of the roads people tend to use as cut-throughs on their way to school. Those signs will indicate the speed your vehicle is traveling and remind you to slow down as you approach a busy school area. You’ll see the signs on ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ and ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐; signs have been placed both east and westbound on ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐. You’ll also find a speed detection sign on ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ.
You’ll also notice ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ around our schools tomorrow and into next week. Just another reminder that school is back in session, and we want you to keep your foot off the gas.
“It’s easy to get in the habit of speeding past a school over the summer,” said Sheriff Gerald Couch. “These measures are simple reminders to our community to slow down as our children head back to class for the new school year.”
Couple of other reminders:
โข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ-๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
โข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ.
โข๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.”