Have you traveled down Viking Drive in the past week? Were you speeding? Did you remember to use your blinker? Because chances are Wareham High School juniors Kendal Haley and Matthew Ireland saw you.

The two students have been watching Viking Drive for the past week as part of their honors law class final project.

With the class made up mostly of graduating seniors, the two juniors had an opportunity to do something unique, as opposed to just sitting in the classroom.

But what started as a chance to get some fresh air turned into something much bigger when the students saw the public safety issue with how people drive down the street.

“I have my license and I see it all the time. Nobody pays attention,” said Haley.

“A quarter of the cars coming down the drive are committing some kind of violation,” said the students’ teacher, John Sousa.

According to the students’ data, in the first two mornings they observed 67 cars rack up $1,940 in violations, from going through stop signs to failing to signal.

After speaking to Wareham Police Chief Kevin Walsh, however, the students learned that ticketing, especially for things such as failing to signal, would invite some negative feedback.

Ireland said he would focus more on a public awareness campaign providing pamphlets and safety information.

“People don’t treat it like a road,” he said of Viking Drive.

Haley, undeterred, would still like to see some ticketing. She said when School Resource Officer Karl Baptiste came out with them, “cars jammed on their breaks when he was just standing there with his radar gun.”

Haley and Ireland don’t know what can be done after their project is over, but they look forward to bringing awareness to the issue.

“I’ve never had two students more motivated than the two of them,” Sousa said.