Is there really common sense though? A similarly low stakes example, when public drinking was banned in NYC in 1979, there was a direct quote from the council m

Is there really common sense though? A similarly low stakes example, when public drinking was banned in NYC in 1979, there was a direct quote from the council member who sponsored it that basically implied the same thing, that proper judgment will be used [1]. > “We do not recklessly expect the police to give a summons to a Con Ed worker having a beer with his lunch,” said Councilman Frederick E. Samuel, DemocratLiberal of Manhattan, who was one of the primary sponsors of the bill. Nowadays, 40 some odd years later, yes, that same ConEd worker will definitely be cited if they crack open a drink. Judgment has long since been thrown out the window for a literal interpretation of the law, and it's likely the original context has also long since been forgotten. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/10/archives/new-york-to-ban-alcoholic-drinks-in-public-areas-a-little-sociable.html https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/10/archives/new-york-to-ban-...