How true. There have always been laws (and particularly those for motorists) where the attitude of so many is:
they are unfair
they are cash generators
why don't the police spend their time catching 'real' criminals
I use my 'common sense' to decide whether the law is just
I can't go about my business without breaking (whichever) 'petty or nanny state law'
etc..
The most voiciferous critics are those who have been prosecuted (with evidence of course) for offences such as:
speeding (where the speed limit for the road is obvious)
driving without tax/licence/insurance
driving an unroadworthy (i.e. unsafe or untested) vehicle
driving whilst an unsafe person, (aka driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs)
etc..
Sometimes it seems that even prosecution doesn't get through to them so eventually, far more effective prohibition becomes necessary to remove them from the driving gene pool.