EACH school day up to 300 Queechy High School students take their lives in their hands and dodge cars travelling at 60km/h on Launceston's busy Penquite Road.
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For years the Norwood school has raised its concerns with the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources about the lack of a 40km/h zone but says nothing has been done.
School executive officer Tanya Smart said after the recent death of one student in the South and the serious injury of another, plus the close call of a primary school pupil near Launceston College last week, it may only be a matter of time before someone was hurt near their school.
Ms Smart, who has been at Queechy for seven years, said repeated contact with the department appeared to fall on deaf ears.
``There have been so many near misses over the years and parents have reported near misses to us; it's just a very dangerous situation,'' she said.
She said at 3pm some students leaving the school needed to catch a bus on the other side of the road. She said that others walking home on that side of the road had to dodge cars to get across.
Ms Smart said two 60km/h signs, just north and south of the main school entrance, gave drivers notice to accelerate.
A spokesman for DIER said it had communicated regularly with the school regarding the safety of students.
``DIER advised the school in early March that it was reviewing the situation and is now actively considering introducing a 40km/h school zone and the electronic speed limit signs,'' the spokesman said.
