The warning comes as students return for the new school year.
Drivers are being reminded that they must stop their vehicles for lollipop men and women.
According to the Mayo County Council, a number of lollipop wardens raised concerns that they were on the receiving end of the frustrations of motorists.
Some have reported that motorists either ignore them or in other cases, increase their speed at the sight of them.
Gardaí and school traffic wardens are the only officials in Ireland who have the authority to stop other vehicles on public roads.
Motorists are reminded that failure to stop for school traffic wardens could face four penalty points and a €120 fine under Section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 1961.
“Unfortunately, they’re meeting the aggression of other road users, particularly motorists who are impatient and sometimes showing their aggression through the revving of engines, honking of horns, yelling abuse,” said Noel Gibbons, road safety officer at Mayo County Council.
“Some are more worse and pretend they don’t see the wardens on the road and actually drive speedily towards the wardens trying to get them to move from the road.”
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