Let me tell you a little fable:
A little boy lives in a little town. There is a pedestrian traffic light on the lonely contry road going through the town. Not many people drive by there, and most of the time, it looks like it's safe to cross the road, even without pushing the little button and wait two minutes. And there is not anybody around at night, anyways. But one day, the little boy has a bad conscience, and so he walks up to the town's sherriff, and asks him, "Dear Mr. Policeman! I have a question! Is it okay to cross the road at the red light, at night when nobody is there? I don't want to wait! And it's surely safe, because nobody is there!". But the policeman answers: "Of course it's not okay. The law says you have to stop at the red light at all times, it doesn't make an exception. Crossing a red light is illegal at any time and if I ever catch you doing so, I will have to fine you." - "But how will you do that at when there is nobody to report me?" - "From now on, I'll will be watching the traffic light for violators night and day, because I swore to uphold the law. That's my job. Sorry, boy."
I'll leave it to you to find out what the morale of the story might be