Stupid laws are caused by unreasonable people. If a small group of nuts think some draconian traffic law is a good idea, and are willing to make legislators lives miserable, they will usually get their way if no one fights them. 55 MPH speed limits, ever lowering BAC limits, reckless driving tickets for ignoring stupidly low speed limits. If you do nothing when they are proposed in the legislature then prepare to live with them.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.