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> If it is both a vehicle and in the park, is justified?

This is explicitly irrelevant, the game makes this clear.

It's not irrelevant just because of the phrasing. People judge rules based on intention, and even more so with the rules they are already familiar with.

But the game tells you not to do that!

The game makes it clear, but the interpretation is still a result of what view on "violation" the user brings (as people are saying in other comment threads, not everyone views a "justfied violation" as a subcategory of "violation", but rather as a subcategory of "not violation").

The whole point is -- to you this is extremely clear, along one axis of interpretation. To other people it may be extremely clear along another; the issue is those two "obvious" interpretations don't actually align.

You're bringing in a whole load of baggage that isn't actually there.

Rule: no vehicles in the park.

A vehicle in the park violates the rule. If it's a vehicle, and it's in the park, it violates the rule.

Anything else you're assuming should be added to this comes from your own experiences, not from the problem statement.

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