Dunedin police are cracking down on poor driver behaviour outside city schools.
Parking on yellow lines, double parking, parking over driveways, and excessive speed around schools has prompted a crackdown and warning from police.
"It is a timely reminder," community relations co-ordinator Sergeant Matt Scoles said.
While schools had been proactive in notifying parents of parking protocol when dropping off or picking up their children from school, it was apparent some motorists were not getting the message, Sgt Scoles said.
As a result, police and parking wardens had increased their patrols of Dunedin schools, issuing warnings and a range of infringement notices.
Sgt Scoles said poor driving around busy schools, coupled with the unpredictability of schoolchildren, was an accident waiting to happen, and the safety of children was a top priority for police.
"People have to consider who they are putting at risk - not just their own kids but other kids as well."
Since 2009, between the months of February and December, 55 people were injured in crashes involving children - aged between 4 and 18 - within the 250m of the school zone in the Southern District.
A district-wide road policing campaign has been targeting excessive speed around schools and school bus routes since the start of the school year.
Police are using speed cameras and lasers to enforce speed limits within a school zone - within 250m of school boundaries - with infringement notices issued to those driving at 5kmh or more over the speed limit.
