Cities and counties throughout the U.S. have increasingly installed speed cameras in school zones in recent months.
According to a study from SafeKids.org, which observed 39,000 middle and high school students and 56,000 drives in school zones, one in four high school students and one in six middle school students were distracted when walking. The distracted teens were most likely to be wearing headphones (44%) or texting (31%).
The study also determined about 80% of students exhibited unsafe street crossing behavior, such as crossing the street where there is no crosswalk or not looking before crossing. Additionally, unsafe drop-off or pick-up behavior was observed in nearly one in three drivers…