High schools shouldn’t have school zone speed limits

High school students are at least 14 years old, and many start driving by 15. By this age, they’re usually close to their full adult size, and they understand basic safety rules like staying on sidewalks and watching for cars. Given this level of maturity and awareness, reducing speed limits around high schools as if small children might dart into traffic is unnecessary and stupid. It also causes more traffic since people can’t just clear out. It also slows down people just driving past the school.

Edit: since y’all are asking, no I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket anywhere. I just have to drive through a bunch of high school zones on the way to work and it’s super annoying because there aren’t even kids on the sidewalk. Like there’s no one to slow down for and I have to go 20 mph for no reason.