Why people like to break the rules?

Some say rules are made to be broken, others say rules are there to keep us safe. If we didn't have street signs and every one drove every which way, how safe would that be? If you climbed a tree, and couldn't get back down, how safe are you? Yes, life is about taking risks, but not when it puts your life in danger. Some rules are just silly, and have no bearing on our safety, they are just rules to be rules....like a work rule of wearing only one ring on each hand. What is the safety in that? What is wrong with wearing two rings or even three on each hand? And what about not dating co-workers? So what????? Isn't work and social situations where we meet most of our friends? It's like school, most of us meet the majority of our friends at school, and while we are children, and teenagers school is our work. Some rules I choose to ignore and some rules I follow, especially if I know it could cause harm to me or someone else. No drinking on the job is a great rule, and keeps us safe as well as our co-workers. I think rules need to be evaluated by the individual whether or not they are going to break them or not. Some rules were created to make children and families safe as well and we need to keep these in mind before we even attempt to break the rule. Like no drinking while driving...that is a safety rule for all of us, though some choose to ignore it and put their lives in danger as well as the lives of others..We need to be careful about the rules we break and what we allow our children to do.

In my view, people break the rules for they could benefit from their conduct. Many rules are made in order to preserve the community interest. If there's no such rule, the community will pay a heavy price. If everybody in the community obey the rule, the community will benefit from it. But if somebody break the rule while others obey it, he or she could benefit from it at the cost of others. Pursuing interests is human nature, so if he or she could benefit from his or her conduct of breaking rule without any punishment, why not? In a word, if the rule maker could not establish a effective system which could ensure the implementation of rules, it's easy for people to break rules and the rules will soon exist in name only.

Children especially will push the limits placed on them by their parents and the reason is usually as you said, curiosity. As adults we sometimes break the rules because we find them unnecessary. For instance seat belt laws. I do agree that wearing your seal belt helps to keep you safer in your vehicle in the event of an accident but I live in a very small town were there is little traffic and the speed limit is 35mph...and I drive a big truck. So, when I go to town I usually don't wear my selt belt. If I'm going someplace else I will wear it but around here it's not necessary.