Anarchy rules, and it seems to work in one place.
Being a libertarian in spirit I have read many times the comeback that without the laws there would be anarchy and chaos.
Kiev, Ukraine – Ever wonder what would happen if traffic cops were done away with and you could drive any way you wanted?
In Ukraine, less than a month ago, that’s what happened and things are pretty much just fine.
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From his subordinates Yushchenko demanded – and received – a plan to dissolve the DAI and by the beginning of July the deed was done, the executive order signed.Ukraine’s once-feared traffic police ceased to exist.
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“If we received $300 or 400 a month we would do our jobs perfectly,” he said, “but now, with no police out there, our roads will become slaughterhouses.”But that’s not the way it turned out. Drivers in the Ukrainian provincial cities of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv reported traffic was moving quite normally and most drivers were obeying regulations, even though there were few, if any, traffic cops around to enforce them.
“Just like people have been driving before, breaking the rules when they can, they’re driving now,” said Arnold Shapyro, an Odessa taxi driver.
“The difference is that now the traffic cops aren’t hassling us.”
Give us more money and we would do our job right. The chant heard from police and other public service employees across this country. I never bought it and never will.
Maybe, just maybe, we can rule ourselves. Original idea there people!
July 29th, 2005 at 12:09 am
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July 29th, 2005 at 1:43 pm
Confirmation bias, anyone?
July 29th, 2005 at 1:55 pm
What actually happened is that their newfound libertarianism was extremely distasteful to the traumatized body thetans, who subsequently left for more easily-influenced hosts, thus allowing the clear operating thetans to live a higher quality of transient existence.
But of course, that’s ridiculous.
July 29th, 2005 at 3:38 pm
Silly rabbit, traffic enforcement is about revenue, not safety!
July 29th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
Silly rabbit, traffic enforcement is about revenue, not safety!
The unfortunate thing is that this is the widely-held perception and is the case in some jurisdictions. There are many towns that are near an interstate where most of the town revenue is ticketing out-of-town motorists.
However, there are legitimate public safety concerns where a financial penalty can incent good driving. Speeding is a leading cause of accidents. The best proof of this is the fact that your insurance rates go up when you get a speeding ticket. Insurers are not in the business of being politically correct (except when forced to by law).