Example: Traffic Speed. Everyone always exceed the speed limit on highways. Why do we still have the limit? Like, either enforce it, or remove it. This stuff doesn’t make sense at all.

  • Em Adespoton
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    8 hours ago

    Aside from selective enforcement, some laws (like traffic laws) are there for your protection AND to establish liability if something goes wrong.

    If the government sets the limit at 30 and everyone goes 50, when an incident occurs, nobody can sue the city for bad roads because everyone was going faster than the intended speed.

    • monkeyman512@lemmy.world
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      Also establishes expectations. Every on the highway knows what the expected speed is. Going 30 in a 65 is way more dangerous than doing 75 when conditions allow.