People Who Don't Follow the Rules or Think the Rules Don't Apply to Them

[DrFaroohk]

I've found there are two types of rules. Whether it's a law, a school policy, a work place rule, or just someone's home. One type is a functional rule. This type serves a purpose. Such as, "Take your shoes off in my house." Serves the purpose to protect the floor and save the rule-maker from cleaning. Or speed limits, for safety. These are good rules. Everyone should follow these rules.

Then there's the frivolous rules. Sometimes these are because the authority figure simply wants more control - they assume that the more rules they are, regardless of what purpose they serve, the easier it will be to screw with them later to keep them down. Poo on those rules.

Other frivolous rules are used to make someone feel better about themselves. They have low self esteem, need a way to feel "on top" so they make rules up just to be able to screw with people and give themselves a boost.

I don't follow those rules either. I figure that when it turns into that, then this guy is using me to entertain himself. I'm not being paid to amuse you, buddy.

[BlaqueKatt]

I have also tested my reactions while driving, and don't drive faster than I can deal with reasonably expected hazards...but on the highway with nothing merging, and plenty of space to see, I'll drive well over the speed limit.

Flat open road with nothing around, and a speed limit 10 miles *under* mountain roads?

breaking distances by speed
info on reaction times

Flat open road with nothing around, and a speed limit 10 miles *under* mountain roads?

Collisions with deer, elk and other wildlife are the third-largest cause of vehicle crashes on Colorado highways
Inattention to driving was the top cause of car accidents and speeding was No. 2, the Colorado Department of Transportation said in a recent report.

[Evandril]

breaking distances by speed
info on reaction times

Explain the relevance, please? I wasn't saying that I can stop instantly, or that my reactions were better than average...but if I'm on a road where I can easily see a mile in front of me, even the *worst* combination of those will give me plenty of time to stop...which was *MY* point.

Collisions with deer, elk and other wildlife are the third-largest cause of vehicle crashes on Colorado highways
Inattention to driving was the top cause of car accidents and speeding was No. 2, the Colorado Department of Transportation said in a recent report.

Since I do the speed limit when I'm in the mountains, again, I do not see the relevance. I was stating that having a *lower* speed limit for a wide open area than for one in the mountains made no sense to me, and I'm less likely to follow the one in the open.

Mountain roads = very limited visibility of the road ahead, and good chance of something being able to jump out in front of you.

Nebraska road = can see for miles in *all* directions, and little chance of something coming up unexpectedly.

Now why is the one that's far 'safer' have the lower speed limit? Your link, again, seems to agree with me.

[DrFaroohk]

An annoying Rule based situation I tend to run into a lot is this:

Authority Figure (Boss, Judge, etc...): DrFaroohk, you have violated a rule. You must be punished.

DrFaroohk: But that was only a technicality. That had no real bearing on the purpose of the rule itself, and I believe I deserve to be cut some slack here.

AF: Sorry, rules are rules and must be obeyed without question or exception.

DrFaroohk: Ah, well in that case, I found a rule that actually benefits me! I'd like it enforced now.

AF: Well, ah...see, ummm...that's...a....ummm...technicality....so...g uidelines...yeah....go away.

[fireheart17]

The way I see it, regardless of whether the rules are functional or not, I'll try and see if I can justify a certain policy or rule. I'll give two examples. Example #1 is being required to wear certain colour socks. Example #2 is having to show your bag/s to a cashier.

Example #1: this only applies to socks with pants. Why MUST it be black socks with black pants? Socks don't show up easily, they don't have swear words printed on them, nor are they gangster type socks. Justification? None. (this is one of the few rules at work I'll break, along with wearing coloured headbands)
example #2: The justification behind this one is that security cannot be constantly following 20 people at one time. any of those 20 people could be stealing. Bag checks are designed to catch out those who are stealing stuff.