2 Investigators: Buses Speeding In School Slow Zones

May 3, 2012 12:00 AM " CHICAGO (CBS) — School zones are supposed to be safe places for kids to walk or ride their bikes to get to school.

Signs warn drivers to slow down to 20 mph, but CBS 2′s Dave Savini found kids could actually be in danger from — of all things — speeding school bus drivers.

He calibrated a radar gun with one belonging to the Illinois Secretary of State Police. Together, they went looking for bus drivers speeding in school zones, the ones that have flashing warning lights.

They caught bus drivers, with children aboard, traveling at 31 mph, 34 mph and 41 mph within the zones.

Since March, the 2 Investigators monitored school zones in school districts serving Aurora, Plainfield, Oswego, Barrington and Crystal Lake. Aside from the yellow buses, Savini caught a Pace bus and a Kindercare bus driving too fast.

Illinois Secretary of State Police Sgt. Dan Bonneville pulled over speeding bus drivers.

One who was caught driving 36 in a 20mph zone declined comment when Savini questioned her about her speeding. Then, she got on the radio and told a dispatcher about the radar trap.

But even with that warning, the speeding did not stop. Another driver was pulled over for going more than twice the school-zone speed limit — 41 mph. "

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