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There seems to be a strange medium in which people think that speeding limits should exist but we shouldn't try too hard to enforce them. Like they just want a

There seems to be a strange medium in which people think that speeding limits should exist but we shouldn't try too hard to enforce them. Like they just want a little bit of criminality, but not too much. If you are opposed to speeding limit enforcement, then just get rid of them. We do not need "sometimes laws".

mistrial9 3y ago
there is an expression in English that says: you put the cart before the horse. I think this applies here. It is not "we wish things to be this way, so they are this way" .. the real world is not like that. For several thousand years, new technology like carts or horse-stirrups, have changed a balance of power between groups of humans who use those, and groups that do not; in this example, the cart for the agrarian, the stirrup for the hunting pack. When new technology is implemented, the behavior of all humans at all times does not change instantly, nor does it change "because we want this".. It changes in fact, in practice, and over weeks or decades. Right now, there is some agreement among humans driving cars. They drive a certain style, on roads, with law enforcement and prices. Costs are applied for goods like tires or gas, and also penalties like speeding tickets due to a speed limit that is posted in a way that is considered fair and public... in most places. When I learned to drive, the legend of the "hidden speed limit sign" became dinner table talk. The ability of a small town to generate revenue for their police force, by waiting for people who are not fairly informed, or really just the police lying.. is common knowledge, because it is real. Your comment makes it appear as if whole populations "want criminality" and this appears to be a conveniently simple, blaming the driver, point of view. It sounds ok in two sentences, but does not hold up to deeper inspection of policy over time in real places. You might say "oh we are not in some small town" well guess what.. large cities have corruption, believe it. Whole countries have corruption, in fact. My post stands unedited.

mistrial9 3y ago

there is an expression in English that says: you put the cart before the horse. I think this applies here. It is not "we wish things to be this way, so they are this way" .. the real world is not like that. For several thousand years, new technology like carts or horse-stirrups, have changed a balance of power between groups of humans who use those, and groups that do not; in this example, the cart for the agrarian, the stirrup for the hunting pack. When new technology is implemented, the behavior of all humans at all times does not change instantly, nor does it change "because we want this".. It changes in fact, in practice, and over weeks or decades. Right now, there is some agreement among humans driving cars. They drive a certain style, on roads, with law enforcement and prices. Costs are applied for goods like tires or gas, and also penalties like speeding tickets due to a speed limit that is posted in a way that is considered fair and public... in most places. When I learned to drive, the legend of the "hidden speed limit sign" became dinner table talk. The ability of a small town to generate revenue for their police force, by waiting for people who are not fairly informed, or really just the police lying.. is common knowledge, because it is real. Your comment makes it appear as if whole populations "want criminality" and this appears to be a conveniently simple, blaming the driver, point of view. It sounds ok in two sentences, but does not hold up to deeper inspection of policy over time in real places. You might say "oh we are not in some small town" well guess what.. large cities have corruption, believe it. Whole countries have corruption, in fact. My post stands unedited.