The week long initiative focused on speeding enforcement in school zones and making sure drivers obey crossing guards and school bus signs.

The Ottawa Police Service continues to remind local drivers about the rules of the road in school zones after issuing hundreds of notices during a week-long blitz.

As students headed back-to-school between August 27 and September 6, the policing campaign focused on:

Speeding in school zones

Failing to stop, failing to yield to pedestrians at school crossings

Failing to obey crossing guards

Failing to obey school bus signs

Distracted driving

As a result, a total of 315 Provincial Offence Notices were issued by Ottawa police in the city.

"We wish to remind all drivers to be alert especially when driving in school zones," said Staff Sergeant Marc-Andre Sheehy, Ottawa Police Traffic Services. "We have to be mindful that vulnerable kids who are just learning how to safely cross the street are now in and near school zones and at play in our community."