On 4/1/2018 12:55 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Is there a study the correlates the production of laws, regulations,
ordinances, executive orders, and judicial opinions with the quality
of life, GDP, mean income, and/or cost of living? There should be a
connection because every time there's a problem, the standard solution
is invariably more laws, regulations, ordinances, executive orders,
and eventually judicial opinions. More generally, do laws do anything
useful? In this case, we have a mandatory high visibility Italian
dress code for cyclists, that is not being enforced, and generally
being ignored. Little wonder there was no change in accident rate
after the law was enacted.

Are you implying that we should not be passing more laws to make
everything safe for everybody? Are you some sort of communist?