DUBBED the fastest 20mph zone in Exeter, it seems a banner outside the primary school is finally encouraging drivers to slow down in Summer Lane.
The safety banner, asking drivers to keep their speed down and not park in front of the school gates, was put up last month by PCSOs Ed Mitchell and Rich Shelton and members of the Willowbrook Primary's school council.
PCSO Mitchell said: "Hopefully the banner, combined with extra neighbourhood police presence outside the school during drop-off times, has had a positive impact as I have only had to move on one vehicle blocking the highway at this peak time."
The officers have also been carrying out speed checks outside the school and have told Community News that, on average, speeds appeared to be down with a lower top recorded speed as well.
PCSO Mitchell added: "This is more likely to be caused by the road being busier at that time, the pedestrian crossing lights repeatedly turning red due to higher volume of people crossing, and more drivers slowing down to park in the Arena car park to drop their kids off.
"We will be gathering more data on the road over the coming weeks to get a better picture of how we have impacted the general speed of road users and clarify whether this data is anomalous or standard for this time of day."
