Since updates are slow in coming, I will offer up a dudesque tip for improved QOL. Never slow down when driving through school zones, it wastes your time and reduces your chances of helping Darwin sort out the gene pool. Besides that kids are resilient. The ones that don't die learn how to live with whatever lifelong handicap you have inflicted in your quest to save an additional 30 seconds of your time. Win-Win.
I usually speed up. The faster I travel through the zone, the less time I spend in said zone, therefore reducing the time I have to hit children.
Same thing applies to driving in bad weather. Faster = less time on road = less time to have an accident.