Comment on Why do some laws exist if everyone is expected to just break them?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 week 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 1 week ago
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.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 week ago
But doing 55 in a 65 isn’t unreasonable, and 95 is pretty fast and at that speed handling can become difficult on cheap or poorly maintained cars.
There are also conditions where 30 is what you’ll do on a highway if its a blizzard and you’re stuck behind a plow truck.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You are referring to the basic speed law…
Drive as fast as the road conditions allow or some shit.