A Red Light For Difflaws By Frank Trippett Summary

“The slogan of the day seems to be, ‘You’re a fool if you obey the rules.’” Frank Trippett claims. Frank Trippett in his passage, “A Red Light for Scofflaws”, explains that “law-abiding citizens” can even break minor laws and not even acknowledge it. The author supports this by first using examples about ‘minor’ laws that anyone can break daily. The author explains how americans can easily be frightened or worried about crimes but when driving can speed or when walking throw trash on the ground or cross the street whenever they please. The author’s tone is showing an objective tone towards all law following citizens. Frank Trippett’s claim is true because even breaking minor laws can make a lot of consequences. Most people who happen to break a minor law think they are doing no harm and can carry on about their day. Some people do not even think that littering is a law or going 10 over the speed limits counts as a ticket. However, when walking and drop a piece of trash is …show more content…
At school there is a Subway across the street and after school most kids instead of waiting at the sidewalk and getting the signal that is a safe time to walk. Decide to walk onto the street with oncoming traffic. People don’t think about what could happen if you make your timing wrong and now everyone is crying because you're no longer with them. I was coming home from a cheer competition in Anaheim and when we were pulling off the freeway we had seen three kids on their skate boards going across the street, when they weren’t suppose to, and a 17 year old girl, was on her way home and she had a green light, and two kids made it across the street and one did not. We do not know if he made it or not but he flew so far that he landed in the middle of the inner section of the stoplight not wearing a helmet. Just make one tiny mistake cause cost your life that's why we have the law even if they are minor