Little Traffic Violations And Morality?

The HOV lanes in my area are religiously patrolled by police who hand out fines of $250+ to the lucky and serious points to the unlucky. And I see cars pulled over each and every single day. That keeps all but the dimmest or wealthiest drivers honest. And thanks to speed cameras on every residential street that can also become a very expensive habit.
But to answer your question, I would not do this personally. It's wrong and unfair, and it's not worth the consequences if you get caught.

 

Naari,
Personally i would never dare to violate any traffic rules at any point of time unless it happens without my consent.
When you know violating something is wrong, Why would you even think of doing it, be it small or big?!

When you violate principles, you place on yourself the same burden as an immoral act.
Being a good driver, not having any tickets taking lenience to commit traffic violation is no good.

Taking this in IL's perspective, If someone can take a little authority to break the traffic rules in-spite of tickets is not agreeable.

 

I agree with this. While I don't do this myself, I don't think HOV violations are that serious and don't negatively judge people who regularly commit them. My logic is that HOV violations don't endanger anyone while rash driving, motorcyclists weaving through traffic, and cutting into the exit-only lane at the last minute do and could certainly cause an accident.

 

Hello @Naari. We live in a free country and with freedom comes responsibility. Any law and order is created so there is proper distribution of resources and people can co-exist mutually. In order to maintain an equlibrium, one has to follow certain rules especially when we are in a social setting like office, schools, temples, social gatherings or using shared resources like roads. The HOV lanes are created in order to avoid peak hour traffic congestion thereby reducing commute time. Many commuters buy electric or zero emission cars or buy the green carpool stickers to use the carpool lane. In the recent years, the demand for carpool stickers have exceeded it supply. If someone who is making all the efforts both in terms of time and money and following the system to the T, then why should others get a free pass? The whole purpose of having a carpool lane and its benefits are defeated then. Assuming there are no cops around and if one single occupant car enters the HOV lane, doesn't it get more tempting for others to follow suit? How does that solve the traffic congestion then?

People who break rules will always rationalize saying "I want to get home early" ( lack of patience), some have absolute no fear of law, some assume that since they have never been caught, they can continue to do "man maani".

It's not for you and me to decide whether traffic rules have to be followed or not . It has to be followed at all times. Period. Another form of traffic violation is running the traffic lights. A Red light or a stop sign means stop so whether it's day time, night time, no cops around, holidays, rushing to get home early, it means stop at ALL times. Or let's say school zones generally have low speed limit. Would you drive at the speed of 70 mph just because the kids are in the school and the streets are empty? I have seen people running through traffic lights at late nights on empty streets .People who want to break law will always break rules. Such people are always in a hurry no matter what and to me they are plain selfish and have absolute no regards for their fellow citizens. Forgot about insurance and traffic citation tickets that one has to pay for in case of a violation. Those are all secondary things. What is more important is that people do not realize is that although their violation of a traffic law may seem minor, it pales in comparison to the results of a deadly collision possibly resulting from their violation which may affect the innocent lives on the road too.


Lastly, what we do is what our kids absorb. If the kid in the back seat is used to seeing his parents running through lights or violating traffic rules and taking pride in never being caught, then they are just setting up a wrong foundation for them!

 

I do not know much about high principles either so can’t really comment there . Traffic rules is something I follow that’s all I know .

Regarding traffic lights violation , I was just giving an example in general sense and not really talking about your friend .