Opportunism
On a hot day on I-294, it is the middle of rush hour heading into O'Hare International Airport. I was driving my friend to the airport and I was about a mile and a half from the O'Hare exit. Being in the right lane, it was bumper to bumper traffic. I could have easily just driven on the shoulder for a mile and half and gotten off the highway. At the time I had been sitting in traffic for two hours, if I had acted opportunistically, I would have driven on the shoulder. There are couple of reasons I did not act this way, first being if there was a police officer on the road I would have gotten a ticket. This is probably the biggest deterrent from violating the rules of the road. Another reason , I did not use the shoulder to drive is because if there was a accident or broken down car on the shoulder I would not be able to pass them. Also, If someone needed to use the shoulder I would have been blocking that. So the reasons were both ethical and consequential, I did not want a t