From Crossing At A Red Light to Walking On The Grass: The Rules We Can’t Stop Breaking

According to a new study we break five rules every week and less than a fifth of us feel bad about it.

The survey, conducted for Karcher, the average person is breaking rules on a daily basis.

Such defiant behaviour includes walking on the grass and hanging onto library books as well as cycling on the pavement and lying about their kids’ ages to save money.

Almost half of the 2,000 adults questioned blamed being in a hurry for their rule-breaking.

Psychologist Professor Cary Cooper, of Lancaster University, explained that many justify their behaviour by putting it into context.

“People might rationalist something like dropping litter to themselves as, ‘Well, I pay my taxes for someone to pick up after me,’” he said according to the Express.

The top ten broken rules were:

1. Crossing a pedestrian crossing when sign is red.

2. Taking sachets from cafes.

3. Not recycling properly.

4. Taking stationery from work.

5. Passing parking tickets to others to save them money.

6. Not tipping in restaurants.

7. Pocketing change when given wrong amount.

8. Spraying yourself with tester perfume instead.

9. Eating or drinking at the wheel.

10. Not clearing your table at a fast food restaurant.