Safe Practices at school drop off and pick up

A message from Victoria Police

It has come to our attention with school returning that many parents and carers are taking serious risks and driving in an unacceptable manner, putting themselves and others in danger.

Already this term we have seen numerous near misses involving Brimbank children nearly being struck by vehicles as well as a number of collisions. It is imperative that children are dropped off and collected from school in a safe and legal manner.

Some of the things we are seeing are things including: dropping off and picking up children whilst stationary at a school crossing, parking illegally, performing u-turns in front of oncoming traffic and blocking private driveways. All of this behaviour and more is unacceptable.

We are asking all road users to take greater care in and around school zones. If you are dropping off or collecting children please leave yourself adequate time to find a park and safely attend to your children. 

Over the coming weeks Police will be patrolling school zones and will show a zero tolerance to any offending. Please for the welfare of everyone, take care.

Listed below are some common offences and their penalties which police will be targeting: