Traffic rules are on a two-way street.

Interesting story in today’s USA Today. Drivers resist the idea of using Arial drones to track and target speeders. Then issue speeding tickets. “It’s just unfair,” many might say. People don’t like to be caught at what they don’t want to be caught at. Even if they are doing what they should not be doing. “Who me? How did you know that?”

The same thing exists with “Red Light” cameras. Even though it is posted on most traffic signals, people want to ignore such postings and do what they know they shouldn’t be doing. “It’s just freaking unfair.”

The same thing exists in almost every aspect of life where rules and regulations are put in place. “it’s okay but don’t make it so easy for the authorities to catch us.” Most people want rules and regs but don’t want technology to catch them so readily. Zip! Pop! Here’s your fine. Pay it now. Traffic violators want traffic control to be slow and lethargic. Something like Charlie Chan. “Catch if you can!”

It would be safe to say, if you put a traffic cop at every corner, that too would be balked at. “Just aint fair.!” Even though we place rules with the general consent of the public, the public doesn’t really want to be caught at their own rules. Saying it was never that way before technology came into play.

For years the general population as well as law makers in California protested and resisted the use of Radar to clock highway speeders. California was one of the last states to use “Radar Guns” in highway patrol cruisers. And this would have been several decades after other states had been using Radar guns. “CHP is gonna get you now Bubba!”

None the less, it is funny in a human way, we all believe rules can be in our best interest. However, when it comes time we are the breakers of the law, we want leniency and pardon. When others break the same rules, we want strict and harsh compliance to the law. “Book’em Dan-O!”

So, which way do we want it? We certainly can’t have it both ways. Rules are made for our safety and protection. Just pretend there are cameras everywhere. Yes, someone just might be watching you all the time. God forgive us for we know not what we do. Or, do we? “God, please stop watching!”