Re: [privacy] Highway safety

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> Yet another example of government ignorance - name a single law that
> has had ANY impact on human behavior.

Income tax laws.  They have caused a lot of people to file income tax
returns, a behaviour which would not have happened without those laws.

Driver licensing laws.  They provoke a lot of people to seek out
drivers' licenses, which would not happen (indeed, would not even be
possible) without those laws.

Loi 101 and Loi 178 in Quebec.  They have caused many businesses to
alter their public signage.

Narcotics drug laws.  They have created the whole illegal-drug trade.

Canadian telecom taxation laws.  They have caused me to write a small
but significant amount of software which would be unnecessary without
those laws.

I could go on at almost any desired length.....

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