So many in our culture, even most of us while we
were younger, might rail against the rules and question why you should be
required to follow them. We see laws,
curfews, bed times as unreasonable restrictions on our freedom, but there are
areas in life where we accept them without question. Here is one.
Imagine that tomorrow, our government, coupled with
the school’s driver’s training program decided that all of the traffic laws
were too restrictive, or archaic, and besides the kids are going to break those
laws anyway—laws like speeding or the driving on the wrong side of the road, or
running a red light or stop sign.
So based on that conclusion, now youth will be
taught simple things like just how to start the car, the basics of how to
drive, how to navigate the roads without the old rules, how they can best avoid
accidents (though none of their techniques are foolproof) and then how to make
sure insurance pays for everything so you can buy new cars whenever you need
to.
The hope is that eventually the rules of the road
will disappear and everyone will be free to drive however they want.
So imagine driving in a city where everyone ignored
the lines on the road, no one stopped at stop signs or Red lights, where people
drive on whichever side of the road they want to, turn left when they want to, where
there is nothing to regulate or direct traffic.
Are you more or less free? Are you more or less afraid? You’re less free—huge risk every time you
drive—more fearful and less likely to drive at all.
Is that the kind of place you would want to drive
in? Just trying to drive in a world with
no rules seems like suicide doesn’t it?
Can you imagine a government or a school system
promoting this? Would this be a better
driving situation? Would society be
safer, would commerce and business work better?
Would you be more free?
All of the rules of the road actually make driving
safer, more productive, less expensive, and ultimately more enjoyable. You are MORE FREE because of the rules.
Do you agree?
