The electronic speed limit signs and cameras are designed to get drivers to obey the law, particularly in areas where children are present.

"Obviously in school zones we have our children who are driving, we have our school buses and our community members who are dropping off our children at school," said Captain Kylene Paranto with the Chesterfield Police Department. "And our photo speed enforcement is there to enhance our driver safety and to protect our children who are our vulnerable population in our county."

An hour before and after school starts, school zone lights flash indicating that the speed limit is 25 mph and that enforcement cameras are active.

Anyone caught going 10 miles or more over the posted school zone limit will be captured by these cameras, which record speed and

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