10 COMMANDMENTS OF DRIVING
Have you all seen these? The Vatican has decided to weigh in on our use of the road by issuing the Ten Commandments of Driving. Here they are--as if Moses himself drove them at 180 mph on the autobahn.
The “Drivers’ Ten Commandments,” as listed in the document:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.
While we're at it I have a few I think are important:
- Thou shalt accelerate and match the speed of traffic before merging.
- Thou shalt turn off signal after completing turn or lane change.
- Thou shalt remove cheesy bumper stickers like, In Case of Rapture... or My other car is a... or I'd rather be... or anything promoting a band.
What will this official list of commandments promote? I think they send a strange message and minimize the Biblical commandments of "love the Lord your God...and your neighbor as yourself." Does anyone else think these commandments are a little over the top? Maybe I don't get it, are we now saying cars are a vice that can send us to hell? I agree with the message, but I think the method of calling them "commandments" is way over the top.
