Obedience and Subjection to Authority

We, as adults, do not tend to obey traffic laws.  I cannot tell you how many times I've prepared to cross the street, waiting on the "Walk" sign, when a crowd of people stroll right through the "Don't Walk" sign.  Rules are for other people.  We have the ability to look both ways and take care of ourselves, so we don't need to follow the rules.  Consider the speed limit (or suggestion), the yield sign, the red lights, etc.

Why is it that we as a nation expect our children to obey us, their teachers, or other authority figures? 

God says, "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities.  For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God," Romans 13:1.

Am I living in obedience to God's commands?