Kane County Sheriff’s Office Ready for Back to School Traffic Enforcement

It is that time of the year where we look forward to the end of summer and the start of the school year. The Kane County Sheriff’s Office notes that with the start of school comes the need to remind drivers to be aware of school buses, school bus stops and children waiting for school buses.

Last year the Kane County Sheriff’s Office fielded countless complaints of reckless driving and speeding near school bus stops in residential neighborhoods and on county roads while children were waiting to go to school, according to a release. These complaints often came from residents who live in subdivisions near Randall Road and involved drivers in search of a short cut.

This school year, the release states, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office will enforce school zone traffic regulations aggressively by encouraging drivers to follow the law relative to school buses, and to stay on the main roads and avoid neighborhoods where children are waiting for school buses.

According to the release, enforcement details will be established near schools and bus stops in unincorporated Kane County.  Specific areas will be along Crane Road, Burr Road, Route 30 in Big Rock, the Mill Creek subdivision, the Red Gate Ridge subdivision, and the county roads near Kaneland and Burlington Central high schools.

Last year, most drivers who were stopped by deputies in these areas were parents who were taking their children to school or driving to work. The question deputies posed to them was, “What if that was your child at that bus stop that you just sped past?” 

An added reminder that cellphone use in school and construction zones is unlawful.

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