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Try looking at traffic rules. No-one likes rules against speeding. But in places where there are hidden road safety cameras and significant fines that quickly a
by gindely 7y ago
Try looking at traffic rules. No-one likes rules against speeding. But in places where there are hidden road safety cameras and significant fines that quickly arrive in the post, people speed much less.
Rules can be enforced even in western democracies.
- vinay427 7y ago> No-one likes rules against speeding. I can't imagine this is true. Not many drivers overtly claim to support rules against speeding, but I expect most people would not campaign to remove them because it's not hard to imagine potential problems in their absence.
- praeconium 7y agoGermans would not agree and neither would their road accident statistics.
- dathinab 7y agoThis is not quite true I believe, it's more like no one like to be found out when overstepping regulations. But that doesn't mean they don't like the regulation in general. Most people would agree that most traffic regulations makes sense in general. Not just necessary in that specific situation. Like "yes speed limits make sense but in this street it should be 20km/h higher then it is". "Yes speeding cameras make sense when used at places where speeding is quite dangerous. But do they need to use them here where it's not really dangerous just to earn more money with fines" etc. Still you can enforce regulations the _population_ doesn't like, but it's really hard to do so effectively for more then just a short amount of time.
- odessacubbage 7y agoabout that, >http://www.hwysafety.com/hwy_montana.htm http://www.hwysafety.com/hwy_montana.htm common sense keeps people safe, over aggressive legalism creates learned helplessness at scale and reduces common sense.