(July 14, 2013 at 8:15 am)LostLocke Wrote:Anyone who thinks anarchy is good should visit Seoul. I've seen lots of that kind of thing, even with the supposed rule of law. Without it, traffic would just never go anywhere, ever. Period.(July 13, 2013 at 8:06 pm)genkaus Wrote: Was that his point? Because the way I saw it, Locke didn't say that there won't be a workable system but that since any such system won't be enforceable, the casualties would be much higher. Either you misunderstood him or I did - either way, Locke would've to clear that up.That part is basically what I was saying.
Just as an example, if the US adopted Koolaid's system right now, the majority of people would drive on the right side of the road the majority of the time.
Simply because the cars are designed for right side driving, the street signs are on the right side, the lanes and traffic signals are designed for the right side, etc etc.
I'd guess for most people most of the time it would be driving as usual.
Those aren't the people I'm worried about.
What about the people who decide that driving on the right side isn't convenient for them because they're in a hurry, or they want to turn "here" despite the sign saying you can't, or they want to pass the slow drivers in front and on-coming traffic be damned, they need to get out of "my" way because where "I'm" going is more important than where you're going.
Or, last and in the vast minority, but still existent, those one's who want to drive on the left side of the road for no other reason than it's the wrong side of the road to drive on.
All those people listed do exist, there is no doubt of that.
The quantity I'm sure varies form place to place, but I live in Chicgaoland, and I see these people all day every day. Some of them I'm sure try their stunts because they feel at that point they can get away with it, IE there's no police nearby. How more often would it happen if they all knew they could get away with because no one can stop them at all?
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