The Vatican's 10 Commandments for Motorists

The Vatican took a break from strictly theological matters on Tuesday to issue its own rules of the road, a compendium of do's and don'ts on the moral aspects of driving and motoring. A 36-page document called "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road" contains 10 commandments covering everything from road rage, respecting pedestrians, keeping a car in good shape and avoiding rude gestures while behind the wheel. "Cars tend to bring out the 'primitive' side of human beings, thereby producing rather unpleasant results," the document said. It appealed to what it called the "noble tendencies" of the human spirit, urging responsibility and self-control to prevent the "psychological regression" often associated with driving. It urged readers not to behave in an "unsatisfactory and even barely human manner" when driving and to avoid what it called "unbalanced behavior ... impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, ..." Vatican City, the world's smallest sovereign state, doesn't have many of the problems listed in the document. It has about 1,000 cars, the speed limit is 19 mph and one Vatican official said the last accident inside Vatican City's walls was about 1.5 years ago, resulting in only minor damage. (Reuters)

For more info on the document go to: http://www.zenit.org/article-19915?l=english