The number of Colorado drivers ticketed for speeding in designated “slow zones” near schools and construction sites is rising, state patrol officials said Tuesday.
Colorado State Patrol troopers wrote 1,326 tickets for speeding in school and construction zones in 2025, up from 1,237 in 2024, the agency said in a news release.
“Kids, neighbors and road workers count on all of us to care when we drive through these well-marked, obvious spaces. Currently, too many motorists are failing these vulnerable populations,” state patrol chief Col. Matthew C. Packard said in a statement.
Counties with the highest number of slow zone speeding tickets:
- Eagle County: 224 tickets
- Adams County: 171 tickets
- Boulder County: 167 tickets
- Douglas County: 92 tickets
- El Paso County: 85 tickets
El Paso County dropped to No. 5 in 2025 from the No. 1 spot for 2024, when troopers wrote 222 tickets. Troopers wrote at least one slow zone speeding ticket in 46 of Colorado’s 64 counties last year, agency officials said.
“Speeding can be habit-forming, but it doesn’t make it excusable,” Packard said. “When you don’t drive cautiously and lawfully in school and work zones, you display extreme indifference to your neighbors and community.”
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