It seems to be a pretty consistent rule around the world that about 1/3 of people are complete morons. Only 15% being for it is probably a good sign.
Blaming it on local/state government seems like a cop-out for the egregious failure and oversight by world governments and the fossil fuel industry.
That extra 5 minutes is ~20hours and hundreds of dollars of unpaid labor a year. It seems to me that the coworkers are being very irresponsible in exposing their company to a potential lawsuit over something so minor. That doesn’t sound like being a team player to me.