I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a child cyclist, excluding on bike specific infrastructure or with their parent. I can't.

Law enforcement is not going to make any provisions for a rare situation.

A point of information. Because of where I work and how the roads work out if the freeway is backed up (which is about half the time) it is a 95% possibility that I will take the back roads, which takes me right past the elementary school I attended through the 5th grade and areas I wandered on foot or bike as a kid. Areas one would expect to see some children. I rarely do.