West Sussex County Council: School Safety Zones (SSZ)

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• What are they?
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School Safety Zones (SSZ) are an exciting and relatively new concept for West Sussex. These SSZs aim to improve child safety and increase the feeling of safety outside the school gate. Most SSZs will achieve this through advisory speed limits and road markings near to the school gate.

In most SSZs where a school lies in a 30 mph speed limit area, an advisory 20mph speed limit will be introduced at school pick-up and drop-off times. Advisory flashing lights will warn people using the road at school pick-up and drop-off times of the 20mph limit.