In my experience, most people lack integrity - which is the core reason why they don't follow the law.

What I mean is that doing the right thing simply because it's the right thing to do is a foreign concept to them. Unless they benefit from performing an action (or refraining from it), they see no reason to do it.

It takes courage, impulse control, honesty, and accountability to do the right thing even when nobody is watching. Having the motivation to do the right thing when people are watching is easy, it's not so easy when the only one watching you is you.

Doing the right thing when everyone prefers the wrong thing is even harder - especially if peer pressure, political correctness, groupthink, and implied social reprisal for noncomfority is involved.

And to make things worse, a lot of people view that what is "right" means what is "right for me" and who cares about everyone else. They believe that everyone else is cheating and scheming to get ahead. They feel an urge to "get while the getting's good" or else they will be left behind if they don't do the same thing - and anybody who tries to compete fairly is a sucker and a loser.

From speeding, running red lights, and parking badly to lying on taxes, cheating on significant others, and doing the bare minimum at work - it all speaks to lack of integrity.

The constant competition - and the sense that they're never able to get ahead - makes them angry, entitled, jealous of others' success, and bitter.

That's why flopping is common in sports - the "if you ain't cheating you ain't trying" mindset, when in reality if you need to resort to cheating and shenanagians you're just proving that you don't deserve the win. It translates to everyday life. They don't get bothered or concerned about cheating the system / breaking the law. They get upset about getting caught because they feel like everyone else is getting away with it, so why shouldn't they?