Rainbow City installs digital signs to stop speeding in school zones [Video]

RAINBOW CITY, Ala. (WBRC) – Rainbow City police have no tolerance for speeding in school zones and has a new warning for drivers in their city.

Police Chief Camp Yancey says this is all about keeping kids safe and reminding drivers to pay attention and slow down.

The Rainbow City Police Department received a corporate sponsorship grant from Norfolk Southern for the speed signs.

Chief Yancey says one of his school resource officers recommended the need to discourage speeding in the school zones.

The four digital speed signs were installed recently. Two were placed on Lumley Road between John Jones and Rainbow Middle School and another near Westbrook Christian School.

Yancey says these new signs have been running for about two weeks and with the early success, he’s looking to add more.

“There is some data that it collects, most cars go through the area, how fast is the high speed is recorded, things …