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here in Italy is that people care a bit more about the rules, and obeying them, or changing them

Wait.. what? Not American nor Italian here, but I've been to Italy and judging from the driving there isn't a great amount of care shown for the road rules anyway.

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi



I omitted a comma, and I think you didn't parse my phrase correctly. People are generally more rule-abiding in the US than in Italy, with plenty of positive and negative exceptions in both places. Once you start picking and choosing which rules are sensible, and which ones you can 'get away with', I think it's detrimental to society.


Once you start picking and choosing which rules are sensible, and which ones you can 'get away with', I think it's detrimental to society

I can agree with that entirely.


Detrimental to society at all costs, sure. But beneficial in a moral sense.

Blindly following a rule isn't what you should strive for.


Yes, Italians are some dangerous drivers. Much more so than French, swiss. Roughly on par with Andorrans.




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