Vatican Publish Drivers Ten Commandments
Discussion
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.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world...
No direct mention of "Thou Shalt Not Go Faster Than The Posted Limit"?
In that case, let God judge me.
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.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world...
No direct mention of "Thou Shalt Not Go Faster Than The Posted Limit"?
In that case, let God judge me.
A few small edits.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in speed, especially victims of TVR
5. Cars SHALL be for you an expression of power and domination, and usefull for the occasioning of sin.
8. Bring guilty parking attendants and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo fisticuffs.
9. On the road, protect the more valuable party.
10. Feel toward others.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in speed, especially victims of TVR
5. Cars SHALL be for you an expression of power and domination, and usefull for the occasioning of sin.
8. Bring guilty parking attendants and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo fisticuffs.
9. On the road, protect the more valuable party.
10. Feel toward others.
I'm not a catholic, but I do see a lot of good in that list. It seems to me that it tries to define the right attitude to driving that, to me, is a good first step when starting to drive. Speed is not the issue, but attitude is. You have 1.5 tons (plus!) of metal that can kill, and your first duty is to do all you can to prevent that. Hence always being able to stop in the distance you can see, driving at an appropriate speed for the conditions, etc. Unfortunately, humanity seems unable to live by principles and prefers rules, hence speed limits.
- ahem* already running here:
This seems to be well on the way to becoming one of the most misrepresented documents going, the actual booklet itself is really just a missive on how to reduce and prevent road rage by applying both Christian and advanced driving principles.
I'm just waiting for someone to unstick their head from their arse and write, "pope demands action on low-carbon transport", every other petty unrelated motoring agenda has been stuck into reports on it.
Peter Ward said:
........I do see a lot of good in that list.......... Unfortunately, humanity seems unable to live by principles and prefers rules, hence speed limits.
Yes I agree too. It seems to me that the intellectually challenged are those that always demand, feel more comfortable with , want enforced, rules regulations and laws.Forums | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff