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I was going to say we don't know for sure why so many parents choose to drive their kids, but it turns out after a quick Google that there has been at least one study into this matter, and it seems a large portion of the surveyed respondents can be attributed to carbrain (vague "stranger danger" and "risk of bullying" as listed reasons, which the bullying risk may be real or perceived but that's hard to empirically determine) but also a significant number drive their kids due to "traffic danger" indicating that it is poor road design pushing a significant portion of parents to choose to perform school pickups and dropoffs by car. And most of the remainder drive their kids to and from school out of "social convenience" (which is probably where my specific instance falls) so based on this one study based on a survey of almost 300 parents we could actually reduce the number of cars in those lines by a significant portion by making other options than driving more convenient for parents, but a large number state they're primarily concerned about pedestrian safety which is more of an infrastructure challenge than a direct "car brain" challenge
I really wish I was better at reading studies because that is some fascinating data that I'd love to play with some more and see what other conclusions I could tease out of it