Whether that's true or not I think it's a rule worth sticking to - then you get to feel justified .

In case it's not clear, I'm actually defending bending and breaking the rules, providing you don't mess with someone else's rights by interfering with their right of way. As ItsJustMe suggested, that should include being unpredictable.

I think quite a few of the arguments between rule breakers and rule absolutists boil down to arguing about different things. Rule breakers such as me are arguing that it's ok to run a red light if nobody is there, and rule absolutists argue against while thinking of the idiots who blast into busy intersections leaving chaos in their wake. Alternatively, some absolutists truly are absolutists, and we have to agree to disagree.