[Tagging] US Speed Limits, truck routes, bike routes, access

[Paul Johnson]

Randy wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>>The school zone ends where the next speed zone starts.  I'm not sure
>>what FHWA's thinking was with the End School Zone sign (what about
>>traffic that doesn't remember what the previous speed zone was
>>because they turned into the school zone at a midpoint?).
>>
>
> In Texas, I think the End School Zone sign does serve a separate legal 
> purpose, beyond establishing the previous speed zone. Use of cell phones 
> while driving is prohibited in school zones. (I think we are allowed to 
> run over each other due to lack of attention in other areas.) As a general 
> rule, a speed zone sign will be found within 50-100 yards of the end of a 
> school zone.

All the more reason to omit the redundant "End School Zone" sign,
IMO; drivers should be focued on the task at hand at all times that
they are driving, not just in school zones.