Even if you have children, you know to expect extra traffic on our roads at the start of the school year.
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But you can also expect speed enforcement cameras in school zones this year.
Many cities have implemented these cameras in Central Florida.
Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri said this is the first city in Florida to install the devices.
“We’re here to save lives and protect kids,” Capri said.
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If you speed through the school zone near Eustis Elementary, the camera will catch you and send you a $100 ticket.
Capri said the police take it seriously.
“You hit a kid and kill a kid, God forbid, you got to live with that the rest of your life,” he said. “I don’t know how I would be able to handle that, and I see this stuff.”
Capri said one driver had five citations in two days, and another hit 80 mph in the school zone.
“I get it. You speed, you make mistakes,” he said. “But not in a school zone. You know, the margin for error is very slim.”