> But they need to give out some tickets every once in a while or else the law becomes meaningless. This has actually been shown to be a very bad idea. It is w

> But they need to give out some tickets every once in a while or else the law becomes meaningless. This has actually been shown to be a very bad idea. It is way better to punish immediately, even if lightly, every single transgression than to do it randomly but more severely. (Probably because we're all thinking "it won't happen to me".) What you're saying afterwards is "the mundanes should not taunt their rulers". True in the world-as-is, but that reinforces a caste system. No. The cops and the judges are NOT nobility. They should NOT be treated as superior to the little people.