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> Strong morals are sometime a privilege :) In your example it has nothing to do with morals but everything to do with enforcement. If there was a traffic cop
by sumedh 6y ago
> Strong morals are sometime a privilege :)
In your example it has nothing to do with morals but everything to do with enforcement. If there was a traffic cop standing at the start of the one way street almost no one would have entered wrong way.
- andy_ppp 6y agoI was going to say there’s a lack of evidence for this but then I looked at what people earn in India vs similar countries here: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true&year_high_desc=true https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_... It’s amazingly clear that the trend is poverty === bad driving.
- sumedh 6y ago> I was going to say there’s a lack of evidence Just go to India, you will notice lot of people running the light, they dont do that if there is traffic cop. Nothing to do with poverty, since poor people cannot afford cars and motorbikes.
- andy_ppp 6y agoI travelled in India for about 6 months. It’s always been my favourite country. Low wages would be a better term than poverty.
- saalweachter 6y agoThis is kind of orthogonal to the previous claim. Morality is what you do when no one is looking. If traffic laws are being enforced, it changes the calculus from "if I drive recklessly I can eat today" to "if I get caught driving recklessly and am fined I don't eat today or tomorrow".
- sumedh 6y agoGood point.