Comment by codetrotter
3 years ago
> obviously police and ambulances (and fire trucks) doing their jobs don't have to follow the sign
Most likely true. But to me the answer for the question itself is not about whether the rule can be overridden by any other rules. It’s purely about the rule itself.
The intro supports this:
> You might know of some rule in your jurisdiction which overrides local rules, and allows certain classes of vehicles. Please disregard these rules; the park isn't necessarily in your jurisdiction. Or perhaps your religion allows certain rules to be overridden. Again, please answer the question of whether the rule is violated (not whether the violation should be allowed).
There is a difference between a rule being violated, and whether the violation of the rule is allowed. Like they say in that intro text.
Therefore, all of the examples with police motor vehicles and ambulance motor vehicles are to be answered as being in violation of the rule.
I think the website is very disingenuous because it purposely asks the wrong question. The question is not "is the rule technically violated", the question is "should they be fined for violating the rule". If you asked the latter question, then 99% of people would agree on all questions.
Disingenuous?
The game is trying to demonstrate that content moderation, even using simple explicit rules, is hard and will lead to disagreements.
The game has absolutely nothing to do with whether vehicles should actually be allowed in the hypothetical park, let alone if there should be fines.
It poses a deliberately vague question to provoke controversy where none exists.
Everyone agrees that the car is forbidden, the police and ambulance are technically forbidden but should be allowed, and all other cases are things that the sign obviously doesn't forbid.
If you argue otherwise you are just trying to come up with arguments for the sake of arguing.
The only one that I don't understand is the horse.
A horse is not a vehicle. A horse is a horse, of course.
And no one can talk to a horse, of course.