Maybe so - there are a lot of them, and many agencies in the country seem to want to 'protect us from ourselves'. So do you obey only the ones that aren't retarded?
A car running unattended in any neighborhood is at-risk for theft or vandalism. Imagine how that is amplified in a high crime area, where the temptation of a warm car reaches out to a ne'er-do-well or homeless thief.
Have I ever done it? Sure. May do it again sometime, for a minute or two. But, then I will be doing something that's becoming more and more rare: Accepting responsibility for my actions. If I'm ticketed because of a retarded law or my car is stolen and used in a robbery or is involved in an accident that injures someone, you won't see me complaining about a stupid law on FaceBook.
What if a kid leaves a baseball bat on the front lawn, and some criminal walks by, steals it and uses it to beat someone up with. Should we fine the kid?
Where’s this government intrusion into our lives stop? Should carrying paper money be illegal, because it might tempt someone into stealing it?
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
- Robert A. Heinlein