Traffic Laws - Give Me A Break
Luky has been mulling the question we mentioned yesterday (regarding Green Arrows and traffic lights), and this morning he was eager to prove his point beyond any shadow of doubt. He insisted that the answer was online - and of course he was correct (http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/gacode/40-6-21.html). He says that the law is obvious - when a Green Arrow is part of the "indication" (as expressed in the Code), and there is no Red Arrow to indicate that traffic should specifically NOT turn, then the law ought to be interpreted based on any other intersection indications (e.g., the existence of the Circular Green indication which would permit a left turn as long as that turn did not deny right of way to other lawful traffic in the intersection).
Ok . . . are you starting to get an idea of what my life is like? Does anyone want to argue about whether Malamutes are serious regarding philosophical positions? On anything? Meaning of life? The existence of God? Justice? Social mores? Traffic laws? It's crazy around here sometimes! And don't EVER think you can watch an Animal Planet program and form your own opinion on the topic!!!
Separately, but in a related conversation, I was talking to the Prince of Avondale the other day (by the way - that's NOT Luky - it's a human kid - a very, very bright human friend of Luky's - I get to talk to him on occasion - but he keeps his identity quasi-secret - it's a middle name thing, and so for now he goes by "the Prince of Avondale," "Prince," or "POA"). Anyway, apparently he had been discussing this general topic of law with Luky. He was commenting on the distinction between Rules and Laws . . . like the fact that a school building can have a "rule" about running in the hallways, and though you might get into "trouble" for doing that you will not get arrested by the police.
Luky says that though both of these methods for directing behavior are probably necessary, and sometimes even overlap, society gets into serious trouble when it begins to confuse the two.
Yes, I'm not kidding. It was 5:00 a.m. and I was having to not only revisit the Green Arrow question, but to review most of the entire (it felt like) traffic code for the State of Georgia, and then force my somnambulant brain to consider the taxonomy of societal do's and don'ts.
It's going to be a long day.
Ok . . . are you starting to get an idea of what my life is like? Does anyone want to argue about whether Malamutes are serious regarding philosophical positions? On anything? Meaning of life? The existence of God? Justice? Social mores? Traffic laws? It's crazy around here sometimes! And don't EVER think you can watch an Animal Planet program and form your own opinion on the topic!!!
Separately, but in a related conversation, I was talking to the Prince of Avondale the other day (by the way - that's NOT Luky - it's a human kid - a very, very bright human friend of Luky's - I get to talk to him on occasion - but he keeps his identity quasi-secret - it's a middle name thing, and so for now he goes by "the Prince of Avondale," "Prince," or "POA"). Anyway, apparently he had been discussing this general topic of law with Luky. He was commenting on the distinction between Rules and Laws . . . like the fact that a school building can have a "rule" about running in the hallways, and though you might get into "trouble" for doing that you will not get arrested by the police.
Luky says that though both of these methods for directing behavior are probably necessary, and sometimes even overlap, society gets into serious trouble when it begins to confuse the two.
Yes, I'm not kidding. It was 5:00 a.m. and I was having to not only revisit the Green Arrow question, but to review most of the entire (it felt like) traffic code for the State of Georgia, and then force my somnambulant brain to consider the taxonomy of societal do's and don'ts.
It's going to be a long day.
posted by RAM at 7:35 AM
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