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Ten Commandments of Driving
June 20, 2007
The roads and freeways of Southern California can be especially challenging to our sense of humanity. Citing concern over the “primitive” behavior in motorists which includes “cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility”, the Vatican has issued a 36-page document called the “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road” along with the Ten Commandments for Driving:
- You shall not kill.
- The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
- Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
- Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
- Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
- Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
- Support the families of accident victims.
- Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
- On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
- Feel responsible toward others.
Roman Catholics are encouraged to make the Sign of the Cross before driving.
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