Doesn't Apply to ME
It seems, sometimes, that challenges come in cycles. This month's cycle is filled with people for whom laws, rules, or even a locked gate do not apply.
I don't hold with the idea that the speed limit is 'only a suggestion,' for example. Many places actually spend time and money on traffic surveys and studies to determine the best/safest speed for the roadway. Unfortunately, one local community here decided to save the money for such a study and simply buy new speed limit signs, but they had a strong reason for the reduction in speed. That change will likely not be argued against, lowering the speed due to children and other concerns seems to be a good idea- study or no. People disregarding the change in speed (it went from 55 mph to 35 mph) are breaking the law, even if it is at night or whatever their excuse is.
At the park where I work we have a walkway through the woods that is made of wood. When there is precipitation we close the walkway because it is slippery. I was once assigned to walk down this boardwalk to see if it was still wet and slippery- it was. I fell and was unable to walk for over a month, I greatly damaged my knee. Yet when we are blocking off the boardwalk we must close gates and padlock them, because just closing the gate and having a sign that the walk is closed is not enough. Well, even the locked gate doesn't stop some locals from jumping over or skirting around the area to jump on the walkway at a mid-point. The closed sign is NOT a suggestion, people!
I suppose I am just frustrated that I have to work extra hard this month to protect people from their own selves. The safety net is in place, but they are determined to ignore it... or some such. Grr.
I don't hold with the idea that the speed limit is 'only a suggestion,' for example. Many places actually spend time and money on traffic surveys and studies to determine the best/safest speed for the roadway. Unfortunately, one local community here decided to save the money for such a study and simply buy new speed limit signs, but they had a strong reason for the reduction in speed. That change will likely not be argued against, lowering the speed due to children and other concerns seems to be a good idea- study or no. People disregarding the change in speed (it went from 55 mph to 35 mph) are breaking the law, even if it is at night or whatever their excuse is.
At the park where I work we have a walkway through the woods that is made of wood. When there is precipitation we close the walkway because it is slippery. I was once assigned to walk down this boardwalk to see if it was still wet and slippery- it was. I fell and was unable to walk for over a month, I greatly damaged my knee. Yet when we are blocking off the boardwalk we must close gates and padlock them, because just closing the gate and having a sign that the walk is closed is not enough. Well, even the locked gate doesn't stop some locals from jumping over or skirting around the area to jump on the walkway at a mid-point. The closed sign is NOT a suggestion, people!
I suppose I am just frustrated that I have to work extra hard this month to protect people from their own selves. The safety net is in place, but they are determined to ignore it... or some such. Grr.