Violations leads to corruption

What is corruption? While people try to blame the powerful and the politicians of corruption I believe that everyone is corrupt to an extent. While the people tend to think that it needs to be stopped from the top I believe it needs to be stopped from the bottom.

Any violation needs to be punished or penalised and in order to avoid the action ends up in some form of corruption. Violation of the building plan, Violation of the footpath, Parking violations, jumping a signal, driving in the wrong direction in a one way are some of the very basic violations that most people can relate to.

Everyone violates the rules to an extent as it is accepted. We pay a speed fee to get what is lawful, done quickly. Some people with power, influence and money start misusing the rules, some others abuse the rules. Now people get really angry but helpless when the rules are abused. They tend to be irritated when the rules are misused. Everyone accepts that a little bit of violation here and there and is ok. THIS is the main problem.

Similar to drugs or drinking what starts of as a little violation ends up in being misused and abused. People start believing that they are not doing any wrong and THAT is when it becomes a problem. So at the lowest level the rules need to be simple and enforced completely. Whether it is a red light when a vehicle has to stop or a no parking where we park the vehicle, going in a one way, getting the violation approved or even still build in violation of the approval. Just doing a survey of building violation will tell how much bribes have passed hands.

An example of a speed fee would be bribing to get a valid work done out of turn and a misuse would be to bribe to get approval even though there are violations. Create problems to someone else to benefit yourself would be abuse.

In fact most corrupt would be happy if the violations are many so it helps provide 'solutions' for a 'fee' which is corruption!