The city of New Orleans is reminding drivers that school zone cameras will be turned on today for the new school year.
Cameras will be operational on school days from 7 a.m. until 9 a.m. and again from 2:45 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.
Officials are asking motorists to obey speed limits in the school zones and to exercise caution.
Police say they wrote almost 41,000 speeding violations between February and the end of the 2018-2019 school year.
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