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Couldn't the government (or state) simply run ad campaigns for a couple of weeks informing the public of new changes?

Edit: Most changes are not rocket science, you simply need to be aware of them.

There's a difference between knowing the laws of the road, and being a competent enough driver that you can perform them. The rules are rarely, if ever, enforced, so a lot of drivers just figure it's not a big of a deal.

It's easy to believe that road safety isn't that important when you're surrounded by several tons of plastic and metal armor.

A simple ad campaign running for a few weeks hardly reaches everybody. Not even close to.

People discuss with each other. Someone from social sciences could probably back me up but out of my ass it'd prob. be enough to each 1/4 of people (likely less) and it'd eventually spread to everyone through word-of-mouth.

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