I don't find any of these traffic laws silly. Traffic laws should be
Black and White and should be interpreted in that frame of mind. They
are designed to protect drivers, and the often forgotten, pedestrians.
If you decide to ignore the traffic laws, it is a personal moral choice,
nothing else. If you are ticketed for ignoring these laws, you should
not complain, but pay the cost of making your moral choice. The is the
price you pay for living in a civilized society.
That said, I have made many of those personal moral choices myself, and
have often paid the fine associated with them.
Sincerely,
Brian
Brian L. Baker, JD, MLS
Director of the Law Library
& Assistant Professor of Law
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Charles N. and Hilda H.M. Mason Law Library
E: bbaker@udc.edu V: 202-274-7354 F: 202-274-7311
As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly
unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of
change in the air however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of
the darkness.
Justice William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court (1939-75)
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