Interesting. Where I am they signs are blinky traffic lights above and below the large “school zone 20 mph” sign. However the school is often a massive property

Interesting. Where I am they signs are blinky traffic lights above and below the large “school zone 20 mph” sign. However the school is often a massive property and the actual drop zone is probably 100s of yards from road traffic. It’s in case of a kid crossing the street but as I mentioned no pedestrians exist. It’s common to have school zones in all direction of school property for a quarter mile radius. Some places where a school is next to a highway, the school zone extends onto the highway. No pedestrian much less a kid is on the highway (the school zone law just isn’t detailed enough to specify what to do in this situation). In the drop off lines, the teachers assist to keep the cars moving so you really shouldn’t start unloading early and let them walk. I think it would be good as you mentioned but would be against the factory line they’ve created. I think they tried that in decades past but resolved on this as parents complained it was too slow to wait. Where I live it’s very car dependent and people really do want to drop their kid off at front door and get off to their day asap above all else.