Two types of law

It occurs to me that there are two types of law. One is natural law, such as the laws of physics, who simply is with no negotiation. All we can do is understand the law and work within its bounds. This is like the edge of a cliff—cross it and you fall. The other is like a line between lanes of traffic—crossing the line does not guarantee an adverse consequence (you don’t fall because the lanes are level with each other and you won’t crash if the other lane is unoccupied) but you are still legally guilty of the infraction even without an adverse consequence. On the other hand, even if you are caught in your guilt the justice system may grant leniency at their discretion. This second row of laws might be considered arbitrary by some (“I don’t need to over the speed limit so long as I don’t get in any accidents.”) and sometimes they may actually be arbitrary but they should rightly be designed as a safety to protect us from running afoul of any natural laws with their inflexible and sometimes unpredictable consequences.