I wait for the WALK sign, I keep it to no more than 5 mph over the speed limit, I use my blinkers, I never jump the line, I keep to the watering schedule, pass the SMOG test every other year, file accurate tax returns…
Champ…or Chump?
I wait for the WALK sign, I keep it to no more than 5 mph over the speed limit, I use my blinkers, I never jump the line, I keep to the watering schedule, pass the SMOG test every other year, file accurate tax returns…
Champ…or Chump?
But who decides what is irrational? Seems like a common sense philosophy, maybe one most of us live by… but so do some of the reckless rule-breakers we love to hate. Because their irrational rule may be essential to our safety.
Maybe the metarule should be “assume an established rule makes sense until proven otherwise”. I feel like it’s hard to go wrong with that in a remotely fair society.
Yeah that’s a good rule of thumb.
Do you have an example? I’m struggling to understand and appreciate this
Blanket rules, like:
Slow speeds around schools. Great during the day, pointless at 3am. Same with waiting for the green light. If there’s a bunch of dudes coming up to the car and I’m the only one around, I’ll be gapping it through the red light.
Hmm another traffic example. Motorbikes don’t trigger the light sensors. Sometimes you have to run the red because otherwise you will be there until a car shows up.
I can’t think of the other side where an irrational rule is also essential for safety, it’s easier to think of rules that make you unsafe in certain circumstances.