saint_monkey

stoppers	goers
10	3

so there you have it, most of us would stop, choosing to let a bodieless token of authority with no mind and no judgement rule over our common sense. the other three of us are probably dangerous anarchistic sociopaths with no regard for the law when it doesn't suit us.

Seriously... this question, asked here and on debate, was the result of an earlier debate question, essentially, "so you think that athiests are more likely to be amoral, since they have no higher authority to answer to?" The traffic light question is a test of my answer, mainly that people behave the way they do largely because of the "social contract" which they will follow regardless of contrary evidence, as long as no harm to them is involved, and they will follow this regardless of thier individual beliefs.

My answer to this question, (to which there isn't a real "right" answer, i can see the points of both,) by the way, is to run the light after first slowing and then stopping at it... essentially treating it as a stoplight. i do this in seattle quite often, and no harm comes to me.