We’ve all done it. The speed limit says 80 km/h, but 85 is really 80, isn’t it? Parking for “just two minutes” on a double-yellow line because the shop is right there. That cheeky U-turn where there’s a sign saying you shouldn’t, but sure, there’s no Garda watching. It’s human nature. We test boundaries. A study this year in Nature Human Behaviour found that even when people act anonymously with no consequences, 55-70 per cent still conform to rules. But that means 30-45 per cent of us are pushing those boundaries whenever we think we can. In everyday life, this mostly works out. You might…

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