1300 CAUGHT SPEEDING IN NSW SCHOOL ZONE BLITZ

More than 1,300 drivers have been caught speeding in school zones, and another 400 busted for not wearing a seatbelt, during a one-day police operation across New South Wales.

Traffic and Highway Patrol Command also fined 440 pedestrians for crossing at the wrong location or time.

Assistant Commissioner John Hartley says yesterday’s operation showed an extreme lack of personal responsibility by drivers on the state’s roads.

“For 1366 drivers to be speeding in school zones displays utter disregard for the safety of our state’s most valuable asset, our children,” he said.